BBC: UK considered cutting off Nile - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6197002.stm
Britain drew up plans to cut off the Nile to Egypt to force a return of the Suez Canal, files from 1956 reveal. |
MSN Learning & Research Plus: Suez Canal - http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761578705/Suez_Canal.html
Three photos, a dynamic map, and authoritative article (Introduction, Physical Description, and History) on the Canal -- with links to key names, placenames, and events; from Encarta. |
Story of the Suez Canal - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/1876suezcanal.html
Reprint from: All the Year Round, January 8, 1876; from Islamic History Sourcebook, Fordham University. |
Suez Canal - http://i-cias.com/e.o/suez_can.htm
Brief description and key-dates history of the artificial waterway, with several links; from Encyclopaedia of the Orient. |
The Suez Crisis: Key maps - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5195068.stm
BBC News maps showing the strategic importance of the Suez Canal and how the crisis unfolded. |