Suez Canal
Suez Canal The history of the Suez Canal - The history of the Suez Canal is as great a history as the history of this vital facility for global navigation requires to narrate it honestly several huge volumes, but I will suffice to list some important points in order to give the reader an honest and comprehensive idea. First: The Pharaohs Channel 1887 BC: - The first to think about linking the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea indirectly. Through the Nile and its branches, Pharaoh of Egypt, Senusert III of the Twelfth Dynasty. In order to consolidate trade and facilitate transportation and transport between East and West. Second: The current channel, November 30, 1854. Farman, the first franchise: - Ferdinand de Lesbes, the French diplomat, managed the influence of the governor of Egypt, Mohamed Said Pasha, to extract approval from him to split the isthmus of Suez. In return for granting de Lesseps a concession that exploits it for 99 years, starting from the opening ...