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Interoceanic Passages

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The Suez Canal The Suez Canal is an artificial waterway that spans the Isthmus of Suez in northeastern Egypt and connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Gulf of Suez, an arm of the Red Sea. By the time Egypt nationalized the canal in June 1956, all British troops had left. In 1956, Israel, France, and Britain invaded Egypt as a result.

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