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In Our Time

The Empire Is Moving Eastwards and Southwards

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Jamaica is terribly important to the first British Empire, which is westward facing an Atlantic. But by the mid 19th century the western is no longer counting quite the same way. Empire is increasingly moving eastwards and southward. In 1869 with the opening of the Suez Canal, the route to India is much faster. That drives Britain towards an informal empire in the Middle East because we have to control access to the Suez canal. And also if you think about the geography we need also control of East Africa because of the Red Sea route out into the Indian Ocean.

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