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The Nile
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  • Photographies du Nil ...
    Photographies du Nil Collection Max Karkegi
  • Photographies du Nil Fonds...
    Photographies du Nil Fonds Jules Touzard. 1931
  • Photographies du Nil Fonds...
    Photographies du Nil Fonds André Robert. 1911
  • Carte hydrographique de la...
    Carte hydrographique de la Basse Égypte P. Jacotin. 1810
  • Le Nil : Égypte et Nubie M...
    Le Nil : Égypte et Nubie M. du Camp. 1860
  • Statistique graphique des...
    Statistique graphique des élévations annuelles du Nil du 1er janvier 1849 au 31 décembre 1878
  • Photographies du Nil Fonds...
    Photographies du Nil Fonds Henri Duval
 
 
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The Suez canal

As early as Antiquity, the Suez isthmus was a zone of exchanges between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Over the course of history, there were several projects to pierce it.

Caroline Piquet, associate doctor in history, lecturer in modern history at the University of Paris-Sorbonne
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Railroads
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Travelling to Constantinople

Travelling to Constantinople and the rise of tourism: maritime routes (the Danube and the Mediterranean), railways (the Orient-Express and Simplon-Orient-Express), travel agencies and the first airline (CIDNA).

Catherine Pinguet, doctor of literature, associate researcher with the Centre d'Etudes Turques, Ottomanes, Balkaniques et Centrasiatiques (CNRS-EHESS)
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Trade
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"Expositions universelles"
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