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Conflict Middle East

Suez Crisis

1956 CE

When Egypt nationalised the Suez Canal, Britain, France, and Israel invaded. U.S. and Soviet pressure forced a humiliating withdrawal, marking the end of British and French imperial pretensions and establishing the U.S. and USSR as the sole superpowers.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Egypt (Nasser)
  • Britain, France & Israel

Key moments

Defining events in the Suez Crisis.

  1. 1956 Israeli Sinai Campaign
  2. 1956 Anglo-French airborne assault on Port Said

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Middle East

Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Iran

Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Petra

300 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Egypt

Attested 3000 BCE – 2026 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Dead Sea

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Yemen

Attested 1000 CE – 2026 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Wadi Rum

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Oman

Attested 1530 CE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1956 CE and 1956 CE.

1956 CE Hungarian Revolution

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Winston Churchill Figure · Britain 1874 CE – 1965 CE Indo-Pakistani Wars Conflict · South Asia 1947 CE – 1971 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE
Image credits9 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Suez CrisisFleet Air Arm official photographer · Public domain
  • Great Pyramid of GizaDouwe C. van der Zee · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of Iran (official)SVG file: SiBr 4 Designer: Hamid Nadimi Construction: ISIRI · Public domain
  • PetraAzurfrog · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Flag of EgyptDerived from Part IV Article (223) of the Constitution of The Arab Republic of Egypt. Col… · Public domain
  • Dead Seaلا روسا · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of YemenNightstallion et al., see File history below for details. · Public domain
  • Wadi RumDaniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Flag of OmanOwn work. Vectorized from qanoon.om · OGL-om 1.0