In our reading, there is an example of overseas expansion and how the newly man made Suez Canal played a role in this movement. The Suez Canal is a connection between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. It allows large ships to travel from Europe to Asia, not needing to travel around the tip of Africa. In relation to the reading, Europeans could access the Asian countries more efficeintly with there large amounts of goods that needs to be sold. When ships reached the Suez Canal, they used telegraph, inventing a following underwater telegraph to help the communication amongst all the ships in the canal.
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THis is very interesting GG, it is a very efficient way to travel because not having to travel around the tip of africa save huge amounts of time. IT allowed Europeans to make a higher profit which was a tremendous help to the european economy. Cool!
ReplyDeleteNot only did it save a large amount of time, it also made it a lot safer. Sailing around the tip of Africa, including Cape of Good Hope is extremely dangerous. The High winds, combined with the very low temperatures are terrible conditions for both the ships and the crew. The high winds can easily knock the ship of course and have the ship stuck in a place where they can't get out of. The crew would have no food if that happened, and they would also be very cold.
ReplyDeleteGG who had control of this canal? Was it one nation because if so they would make a tremendous profit and basically controlled the revenue of trading with Europe and Asia
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