Cheaper Japanese silk, trade in which was greatly facilitated by the opening of the Suez Canal, was one of the many factors driving the trend.

随着苏伊士运河的开通极大地促进了日本丝绸贸易，更廉价的日本丝绸是推动这一趋势的众多因素之一。

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Will there be freedom of access to the Suez Canal?

苏伊士运河是否可以自由通行？

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I was nearly killed in a firefight inside the Suez Canal.

我差点在苏伊士运河以内的一场交火中丧生。

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About twenty thousand ships pass through the Gulf of Aden each year on their way to the Suez Canal.

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In nineteen fifty-six, he traveled to the Middle East to cover the war over the Suez Canal.

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In the eighteen eighties, Ferdinand de Lesseps -- builder of the Suez Canal -- formed a French company to build a waterway across Panama.

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During the 1956 Suez Canal crisis shipping companies tried to be relieved of their obligations.

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He said he had planned to take the boat through the Suez Canal to Alexandria, Egypt.

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On Friday, shares in shipping companies rose, when worries over the Suez Canal began to emerge.

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