Le canal de Suez 🚢
- Rafaël
- 1 day ago
- 1 min read
Is it the end of the Suez Canal? 🌊⚓️ -
Salut Ă tou.te.s,
En 1869, l’impératrice Eugénie de France a inauguré le canal de Suez en Égypte, sur un air de musique du compositeur italien Giuseppe Verdi. Cet événement a marqué un tournant dans le commerce international, permettant aux navires de raccourcir considérablement leurs trajets entre l'Est et l'Ouest. Après plus de cent cinquante ans de service, un nouvel itinéraire semble émerger par l'océan Arctique. Cette route pourrait-elle supplanter le canal de Suez ?
In 1869, Empress Eugénie of France inaugurated the Suez Canal in Egypt, to the strains of music by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. This event marked a turning point in international trade, allowing ships to significantly shorten their journeys between the East and the West. After more than 150 years of service, a new route seems to be emerging through the Arctic Ocean. Could this route supplant the Suez Canal?
Preparation:
watch this week's episode about the Suez Canal: https://youtu.be/--IjrQQOs5A (Subtitles are available in French and English by clicking on the CC button on the YouTube control bar).
prepare one or two questions
(optional) to understand the politics behind the construction of the canal, watch this excerpt of "L'Homme de Suez" by Christian-Jaque (1984)
(optional) watch related episodes: la statue de la Liberté, Champollion
Join us in this week's sessions:
Tuesday April 28, 2026
Wednesday April 29, 2026
Sunday May 3, 2026
Bonne semaine et Ă bientĂ´t,
Rafaël
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