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Event wonder Middle East

Suez Canal

1869 CE

Artificial waterway linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, transforming global trade by eliminating the voyage around Africa.

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Standing in 1869 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE Anglo-Burmese Wars Conflict · East Asia 1824 CE – 1885 CE Anglo-Ashanti Wars Conflict · Africa 1824 CE – 1900 CE Carlist Wars Conflict · Europe 1833 CE – 1876 CE

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