3 events with tag "Nile"
600 BC
ID: 5752
Pharaoh Necho II attempts Red Sea-Nile canal - reportedly kills 120,000 workers, abandons after oracle warns it helps barbarians
ID: 5752
500 BC
ID: 5753
Persian King Darius I completes Red Sea canal - 'I ordered this canal to be dug from Nile to sea which goes to Persia'
ID: 5753
110
ID: 5755
Emperor Trajan's Canal connects Nile to Red Sea - 'River of Trajan' enables Roman-Indian Ocean trade for two centuries
ID: 5755