10 events with tag "canal"
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
250 BC
ID: 5754
Ptolemy II rebuilds canal with locks - engineering marvel allows controlled water flow, Elephants from Africa transported via canal
ID: 5754
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
350
ID: 5756
Red Sea canal abandoned - silting and maintenance costs end 900 years of intermittent canal operation
ID: 5756
642
ID: 5757
Arabs reopen ancient canal - Amr ibn al-As restores connection to supply grain from Egypt to Mecca and Medina
ID: 5757
767
ID: 5758
Caliph al-Mansur closes canal permanently - prevents rival supplies reaching Mecca rebels, ends ancient waterway forever
ID: 5758
793
ID: 2903
Fossa Carolina attempted - Charlemagne tries to build Rhine-Danube canal, project abandoned due to engineering difficulties
ID: 2903
1504
ID: 5768
Venice proposes Suez canal to Ottomans - desperate attempt to compete with Portuguese Cape route, Ottomans refuse
ID: 5768
1569
ID: 5769
Ottoman Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed attempts Suez canal - gets few miles before abandoning, Portuguese already dominate
ID: 5769