Canal of Suez), sometimes colloquially referred to in French as Le Suez ("The Suez"), was a company formed by Ferdinand de Lesseps in 1858 to operate...

of Suez Canal Suez Company (1858–1997), a French corporation Suez (company, 1997–2008), a successor French multinational corporation Suez (company, 2015)...

management. Suez was the result of a 1997 merger between the Compagnie de Suez and Lyonnaise des Eaux [fr], a leading French water company. In the early...

The company, formed on July 22, 2008, by the merger of Gaz de France and Suez, traces its origins to the Universal Suez Canal Company founded in 1858 to...

trade route between Europe and Asia. In 1858, French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps formed the Compagnie de Suez for the express purpose of building the...

the empire. The Suez Crisis of 1956 confirmed Britain's decline as a global power, and the handover of Hong Kong to China on 1 July 1997 symbolised for...

to traffic through the Suez Canal. Hamburg portal Companies portal Transport portal List of largest container shipping companies 724 Hapag "Login - DVZ"...

better part of 1858 for the rebellion to be suppressed in Jhansi, Lucknow, and especially the Awadh countryside. Other regions of Company-controlled India—Bengal...

and Cairo was completed in 1856 followed by an extension from Cairo to Suez in 1858. This completed the first modern transport link between the Mediterranean...

opening of the Suez Canal made the Mediterranean a possible route to Asia. Colonization made Asia particularly attractive to shipping companies. Many government...

concerns connected to Egypt (especially the Suez Canal), has been challenged by historians such as John Darwin (1997) and Jonas F. Gjersø (2015). The scramble...

and Neuve Chapelle; in Belgium at the battle of Ypres; in Iraq, Persia, Suez Canal and Palestine against Turkish advance, Gallipoli and Salonika. One...

Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal Company's assets in Egypt, including the Suez Canal, and placed them under the control of the Suez Canal Authority. 1993...

ambitious outward-oriented French business initiatives such as the Suez Company (est. 1858) or Imperial Ottoman Bank (est. 1863 with British partners). The...

focusing on the nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egypt's second President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and the subsequent Suez War with Israel, the United Kingdom...

assigned to convoy escort in the Indian Ocean between Singapore and the Suez Canal as part of Japan's contribution to the war effort under the Anglo-Japanese...

Punjab Frontier (1897–98) Boxer Rebellion (1900) France & Flanders (1914–15) Suez Canal (1915–17) Egypt (1915–17) Gaza (1917) Megiddo (1917) Sharon (1918)...

This is a list of notable shipbuilders and shipyards: Suez shipyard Alexandria Shipyard Baku Shipyard FMC Dockyard Limited Ananda Shipyard and Shipways...

proslavery regime. 1857–1858: Indian Rebellion of 1857: The British Empire assumes control of India from the East India Company. Joseph Whitworth designs...

then cruised north to briefly capture the Taku Forts near Tianjin in May 1858.[citation needed] The United States and Russia sent envoys to Hong Kong to...

for the Suez Canal was granted to a French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps. Actual construction of the maritime canal lasted for 11 years (1858–1869). From...

Military Companies. Random House Publishing Group, 2007. Mockler, Anthony. The Mercenaries: The Men Who Fight for Profit – from the Free Companies of Feudal...

1858, the Universal Company of the Maritime Suez Canal, or Suez Canal Company, was formed by French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps to build the Suez Canal...

Disraeli arranged for the British to purchase a major interest in the Suez Canal Company in Egypt. In 1878, faced with Russian victories against the Ottomans...

British crown. In 1858, the British Government seized control of the territories and treaty arrangements of the former East India Company. In 1876, the area...

friendship of Egypt's ruler, Said Pasha, to prevent French control of the Suez Canal if the Ottoman Empire collapsed. It was the first royal tour on which...

exempting foreign imports from internal transit duties. The war resulted in the 1858 Treaty of Tientsin (Tianjin), in which the Chinese government agreed to pay...

ISBN 9781136641473. Lockwood, Stephen Chapman (1971). Augustine Heard and Company, 1858-1862. Leiden Press. ISBN 9781684171682. "Discover more about our history"...

harbour was completed, Cyprus was a strategic naval outpost overlooking the Suez Canal, the crucial main route to India which was then Britain's most important...

government. In 1875 came the purchase of the controlling shares in the Suez Canal Company. By negotiations, Russia gave up substantial gains in the Balkans...