# How the Suez Canal changed the world

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/lucia_carminati_how_the_suez_canal_changed_the_world)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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. \[Directed by Michael Kalopaidis, Zedem Media, narrated by Christina Greer\].

## Lectures

1. [How the Suez Canal changed the world](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/lucia_carminati_how_the_suez_canal_changed_the_world/2757a3df4c09), 6 min (TED's player)