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The Suez Canal.....who planned and constructed it? When was it finished? What were the benefits and disadvantages of the constuction? How did the canal support nation building or imperialism? What role did technology play in the construction?

Answer 1

Suez - Frenchman Ferdinand de Lesseps. He was a 'fixer' rather than an engineer.

Answer 2

any help will be greatly appreciated!!!

Answer 3

he planned and constructed it.

Answer 4

WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER...??

Answer 5

http://geography.about.com/od/specificplacesofinterest/a/suezcanal.htm

Answer 6

@lovebug86 What have you found?

Answer 7

WHY NOT THINK INSTEAD OF WIKI...?

Answer 8

http://www.google.vg/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=the%20suez%20canal.....who%20planned%20and%20constructed%20it%3F%20when%20was%20it%20finished%3F%20what%20were%20the%20benefits%20and%20disadvantages%20of%20the%20construction%3F%20how%20did%20the%20canal%20support%20nation%20building%20or%20imperialism%3F%20what%20role%20did%20technology%20play%20in%20the%20construction%3F&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CD0QFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpeople.hofstra.edu%2Falan_j_singer%2FCoursePacks%2FTheSuezandPanamaCanalsandtheAgeofEmpireDBQ.pdf&ei=YBcMUcfTL8vvrAGF2oGABg&usg=AFQjCNFVzBbDnelP0_qVm8JK7e_wbxANRw

Answer 9

@Koikkara Because she doesn't know. Thats why she asked. Britt's link is pretty good, i checked it out.

Answer 10

Jerry's link is ok too.

Answer 11

yeah all the links are good.

Answer 12

yeah britt's is helping ill look at the others thanks for the help guys!

Answer 13

The Suez Canal:
Who planned and constructed it?
Frenchman Ferdinand de Lesseps.
When was it finished?
November 1869
What were the benefits and disadvantages of the construction?
First salt-water passage between the Mediterranean and Red seas. As well as after the Suez Canal was built the whole region to have become navigable.
How did the canal support nation building or imperialism?
It lead to faster and better trade. (Not too sure about this one :| )
What role did technology play in the construction?
Many technical problems occurred because during construction. But eventually with built more technology to overcome that.

(I'll right more if you like @lovebug86 )

Answer 14

THANK YOU! can you go into the technology part a little more please?

Answer 15

Sure :)
Give me a minute or so.

Answer 16

What role did technology play in the construction?

The Suez Canal is a flat sea level canal (There was no lock systems). It was dug using forced labor. Early steam powered shovels existed but were not used. The main tools used were most likely have been hand picks, shovels and wheelbarrows. There is an engraving from 1869 which shows construction steam trains moving objects, presumably for the removal of materials(rocks/dirt) from the site, but there is no other equipment visible in the carving.

Answer 17

Thanks SOOO much! this really helped me!

Answer 18

No problem. :)

Answer 19

@Opcode is there any disadvantages?

Answer 20

@lovebug86
It was created with manual labor.
Manual labor, people digging with shovels and picks.
This could have injured or worse killed some people.

Answer 21

good point! thanks! =D

Answer 22

No problemo :)

Answer 23

@Opcode sorry to ask somthing else but do you know all those things about the Panama Canal?

Answer 24

A little:
System:
I know it used a lock system.
Labor:
Many died during trying to build it. (Mosquitoes aka Malaria.)
Owner:
La Société internationale du Canal
Principal engineer:
John Findlay Wallace, John Frank Stevens (1906–1908), George Washington Goethals
Completed:
August 15, 1914

Answer 25

so who built it?

Answer 26

Look under "Principal engineer", you have to give credit to both.

Answer 27

oh ok i see! thanks!

Answer 28

ABRIEF HISTORY OF S CANAL

The Suez Canal, located in Egypt, is a 101 mile (163 km) long canal that bonds the Mediterranean Sea with the Gulf of Suez, a northern branch of the Red Sea. It was publicly opened in November 1869. Though the Suez Canal wasn’t formally completed until 1869, there is a long history of notice in connecting both the Nile River in Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. It is said that the first canal in the area was built linking the Nile River delta and the Red Sea in the 13th Century B.C.E. During the 1,000 years following its construction, the original canal was ignored and its use lastly stopped in the 8th Century.

Answer 29

thanks @koikkara ! that was very helpful!!

Answer 30

Actually he should have sited the source:
http://www.marineinsight.com/marine/life-at-sea/maritime-history/a-brief-history-of-the-suez-canal/

Answer 31

I don't understand WHO exactly experienced these benefits.

Answer 32

Of the Panama Canal of course.