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    The Panama Canal

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    It was in 1902 when the United States was flirting with building a canal in Nicaragua, while France was experiencing much turmoil in their attempt in Panama, when a volcano erupted and killed 30,000 people. Therefore, the United States were deterred from building a Nicaraguan canal. Therefore, the United States focused their efforts on acquiring control of the Panama Canal zone, which was under Colombian control at the time, albeit a small independence movement. The U.S. utilized their military…

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    Introduction In 1859 the French private company Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez was responsible for the construction of the Suez Canal in Egypt. This channel connected the Read Sea with the Mediterranean Sea, opening a shorter trade route between Asia and Europe. Almost 100 years later, in 1956 the Egyptian President nationalized the canal, resulting in the Suez Crisis with military actions by Israel, France and the United Kingdom. However, the channel remained in the hands of…

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    being mad at Nasser for nationalizing the canal, and the invasion, a lot of things happened concerning the Suez Canal Israel will want to control the Suez Canal for multiple reasons, they might want the money that may come from it, or they may just want to see who is trying to get through the canal. (Jazeera 2008) Also they may want to control it for yet another reason, that may want to be able to control who gets to be able to get through the canal. If they do not like who wants to come…

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    INTRODUCTION General background: The Sinai Peninsula is based between the Mediterranean Sea to the North and the Red Sea to the South serving as a land bridge between Asia and Africa. The Sinai Peninsula has been a part of Egypt from the first Dynasty of ancient Egypt until the 21st century. In periods of foreign occupation, Sinai was, like the rest of Egypt, also occupied and controlled by foreign empires. In more recent history the Ottoman Empire (1517-1867) and the United Kingdom…

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    around South America. A canal through Panama was the solution, but it proved to be a difficult task. It was only 48 miles across but terrain consisted of tough mountainous jungles that defeated the French. They had started work on the canal in the late 1800’s, but ultimately failed. Later the United States took over construction of the canal. In order to save a lot of work, they decided that an artificial lake would reduce the need for excavation by half of what an entire canal at sea level…

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    Infected teeth and those that are badly decayed typically require a root canal if they are to be saved. During this procedure, the dentist removes the pulp and nerve of the damaged tooth before cleaning and sealing the inner portion. If this process isn't done, tissue surrounding the affected tooth may develop an infection, leading to the formation of abscesses. The term root canal refers to the cavity located in the central part of the tooth where the pulp or pulp chamber is located. This is…

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    make a canal across Central America. Many misfortunes and deaths have been sacrificed to try and make that happen. The creation of the Panama Canal by the U.S has been one of the most influential innovation since the beginning of time. The Panama Canal revolutionized and improved international travel by evolving international trade, facilitating an easier pathway for migration to the west coast, and assisting United States’ military dispersement. The creation of the Panama Canal was…

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    In 1956, one of the officers who drove out their idle King, Farouk, and took over the government, Gamal Abdel Nasser, became Egypt's President. Nasser performed great contributions to the growing power of Egypt. Regarding a duty of Egypt as a leading Arab country, Nasser was trying to help the Palestinian refugees to fight for their rights to return. So he provided Palestinian armed groups with financial and military aids. By 1956, Israel was no longer capable of ignoring the tricks Nasser was…

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    The Panama Canal is a waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. It is 48 miles. It’s a system of locks that function as water lifts. The locks are 110 feet wide and 1050 feet long. It lifts the ships from sea level. The ships then sail to the channel through the continental divide. It takes 8 to 10 hours to pass through the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal was built to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.The building process began in 1881…

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    Wall and Panama Canal The purpose behind each structure and the challenges builders faced during their construction, were that the Great Wall of China and the Panama Canal had people die and also the lack of money to continue building the structures. The Great Wall of China and the Panama Canal are to different things but they are the same in different was. The great wall was built for many different reason and problems that China might have had with other countries. the panama canal is like a…

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