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How the Suez Canal changed the world

Lucia Carminati · TED

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Today, nearly 30% of all global ship traffic passes through the Suez Canal, totaling over 20,000 ships in 2021. The site of the canal had been of interest to rulers as far back as the second millennium BCE, but plans to construct a passageway were obstructed by cost, political strife, and the ever-shifting sands— until the 19th century. Lucia Carminati details the creation of the Suez Canal. [Directed by Michael Kalopaidis, Zedem Media, narrated by Christina Greer].

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Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Lucia Carminati
Year
2022
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering, Business and management, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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