WATCH: How France and Britain trapped Egypt via the Suez Canal.

WATCH: How France and Britain trapped Egypt via the Suez Canal.

Egypt's construction of the Suez Canal in the mid-19th century, under the rule of Khedive Ismail, aimed to enhance global trade but was economic imperialism in disguise as infrastructural improvement.

Financed by French and British loans, the canal's completion in 1869 led to significant debt for Egypt. This vulnerability allowed Britain and France to gain control, eventually turning Egypt into a British protectorate in 1882. https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1806757386985808056