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In the second half of the nineteenth century - Tunisia came under the total domination of Berber rebels. - a Frenchman built the Suez Canal, but it ultimately came under British control. - British General Charles Gordon restored Egyptian rule in Sudan with his Sikh-Gurkha army. - France occupied the island of Taiwan. - the Turks took control of Tripoli from the Italians.

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A Frenchman built the Suez Canal, but it ultimately came under British control.

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The builder of the Suez Canal, Ferdinand de Lesseps, made negotiations with Egypt. Then, he organized a project to build a canal, because he realized how crucial it would be not to have to sail around Africa. He established a workforce, and built the canal. When the British invaded Egypt in 1882, they took the Canal with it.

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Answer: a Frenchman built the Suez Canal, but it ultimately came under British control.

Step-by-step explanation:

Due to a friendly relationship developed while he was a French diplomat, Ferdinand de Lesseps received a concession from Sa'id Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt and Sudan, to form a company to build a canal. After the British invasion of 1882, Britain gained control of the canal. Foreign control of the canal subsisted until the President of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser, nationalized it in 1956.

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