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nov 17, 1869 - Suez Canal Opens

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The Suez Canal, a joint Franco-British project, opens in Egypt. This project represented perhaps the height of European imperial infrastructure projects, connecting global empire to a scale never seen prior in history, as well as vastly improving British access to their Asian possessions.

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nov 17, 1869
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~ 155 years ago