Suez Canal

India and Africa were improved to help trading. There were also ocean pathways that lead them from one place to another. The British had interest in Egypt because of the Suez Canal. They gained control of the Canal in the 1800s by buying it from the French which gave the British the majority of the Canal's shares. The Suez Canal was a significant component because it was used to access India. The British also had an interest in Africa, since ships could go to and from India by passing through…

The development of technology and innovations allows different civilizations to make influential contribution which have changed and innovated the Western World. These innovations lay the foundation for further advancement in technology which has shaped the modern world. The development of technology contributes to the legacy that these significant empires have on war and architecture. The Persian Empire possessed strong and masterful skills that has allowed its empire to become the largest…

The Suez crisis was an invasion of Egypt by Israel, the United Kingdom and France. The aims were to regain Western control of the Suez Canal and to remove Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser from power. After the fighting had started, political pressure from the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations led…

build a canal.The canal was to be built to shorten the distance ships had to travel.In order for this to work the two oceans had to be connected together:the atlantic and the Pacific.However the US has many challenges that lie ahead of them to build the canal. The construction of the Panama canal was actually started by a french company called Ferdinand de Lesseps.The company was hired due to their success with the Suez canal of 1869.The United States also wanted to build a canal connecting…

The Panama Canal: One Canal, Three Chief Engineers In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt called John Wallace, the first chief engineer of the Panama Canal Project, into his office and ordered him to “make the dirt fly!” However, digging a canal across the Isthmus of Panama and successfully linking the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans would require extensive planning and preparation before digging could commence. The task of building the Panama Canal would prove to be one of the most expensive…

peacekeeping was the Suez Canal crisis. The UN’s action to maintain peace in 1956 was a response to the destruction caused by WWII. The Suez Canal is a privately owned canal which links the Red and Mediterranean Sea which was built in the 19th century. During the time, it was owned by British and French company and was extremely beneficial because goods such as oil could move between Asia and Europe quickly and cheaply. The ships that passed through the canal paid fees for using the canal and…

British promised to aid the Jewish journey to their “home land” by gaining control of the region and setting mandates. However, Britain’s interest was in protecting the Suez Canal. Schafer writes how the British were after more strategic goals, “The British presence in India and the Far East depended increasingly on control of the Suez Canal and the Persian Gulf” (5). The British thus forced laws on the Palestinians and created more means for war. Overall, the beliefs dating back from the bible…

of the Arab-Israeli conflict. I will focus on how the creation of the state of Israel increased tensions between the Arabs and the Jews, in the period 1947-1956, as it led to the War of Independence, a refugee crisis, increased immigration and the Suez Crisis. Plans for the creation of Israel began after Britain announced that it was withdrawing from Palestine and handing control to The United Nations. As a result, UNSCOP was created and on the 29th November 1947 they voted in favour of…

Gouzenko’s claims against the Soviet’s as reality, we launched ourselves into the Cold War. Although the majority of the conflict was between the United States and the Soviet Union, Canada became involved through participation in the Korean War, the Suez Canal crisis as well as the United Nation’s (UN) peace promotion, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). In addition to that, Canada was unexpectedly…

Section 1 Q4: Some of the internal factors that contributed to imperialism in Africa was that Africa was known for their raw materials like gold, diamond, and more. In 1867, there was the discoveries of diamonds. In 1886, there was discoveries of gold, both in South Africa. This made it more tempting for the British to take over Africa. Another factor, was that the British had more updated weapons like the Maxim gun. The Maxim gun was the first world's automatic machine gun so that the British…