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Explain how the Suez Canal helped expand the British Empire.


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In 1869, the Suez Canal was opened, greatly reducing the distance between Britain and India by some 4,500 miles as ships no longer needed to travel round southern Africa. The Suez Canal together with the reliable service of steam-powered liners led to an increase in merchant and passenger shipping.

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It gave them a nice area to control and tax trade from Europe to India