Passato e Presente

Season 1 Episode 36: The Suez Canal

Episode dedicated to the Suez Canal, the pharaonic work that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea: from its construction in the 19th century until 1956, the year in which Egyptian president Nasser decided to nationalize it; this decision is followed by the so-called "Suez crisis", which marked the definitive decline of France and the United Kingdom as World powers and the escalation of the clash between Arab countries and Israel.

Genre:

Documentary, War & Politics

Seasons:

7

Episodes:

663

Actor:

Paolo Mieli

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

2017

IMDb:

9.5