Ang pagbubukas ng Suez Canal (THE OPENING OF SUEZ CANAL)

1. 1. Ano ang Suez Canal? Ito ay isang daanang tubig sa Ehipto. Nagawa ito noong pang
panahon ng Lumang Ehipto at palagiang muling tinatayo. Isa sa muling nagpatayo si
Ferdinand de Lesseps, isang Pranses at muling binuksan noong 1869. May haba itong 172
km na nagdurogtong sa Dagat Mediteranyo, Gulpo ng Suez, Dagat Pula at Karagatang
Indyan.
2. 2. Ang Pagbubukas ng Suez Canal Ang Suez Canal na nasa bansang Egypt ay artipisyal na
daluyan ng tubig na nagdurugtong sa Mediterranean Sea at Red Sea. Dahil dito napadali
ang paglalabas-masok ng mga mangangalakal at ang sistema ng komunikasyon sa
Pilipinas. Higit sa lahat napadali ang pagpasok sa bansa ng mga liberal na banyagang
kaisipan na nagpamulat sa maraming Pilipino sa kanilang karapatan.
3. 3. Ang Pagbubukas ng Suez Canal Dahil sa pagbubukas ng Suez Canal, ang dating mahigit
2 buwan na byahe mula pilipinas patungo ng Spain ay nagging 30 araw na lamang.
4. 4. HISTORY: Original owner: Suez Canal Company (Compagnie Universelle du Canal
Maritime de Suez) Construction began: April 25, 1859 Date completed: November 17, 1869
5. 5. Lokasyon ng Suez Canal Ang Suez Canal na nasa bansang Egypt ay artipisyal na
daluyan ng tubig na nagdurugtong sa Mediterranean Sea at Red Sea.
6. 6. Ang Pagbubukas ng Suez Canal Ang pagbubukas ng "Suez Canal" noong 1869 ay lalo
pang nagpabilis sa pagpasok sa bansa ng mga kaisipang liberal tulad ng kalayaan,
pagkakapantay-pantay, at kapayapaan na ibinunga ng Prances at iba pang himagsikan sa
Europa at Amerika.
7. 7. Ang Pagbubukas ng Suez Canal Nagresulta din ito ng madaling pagpasok ng mga
babasahing aklat na nagsusulong sa kaisipang liberal at rebolusyonaryo. Bagamat,
ipinagbabawal ang pagbabasa nito, nagsimula namang mamulat ang ilan sa mga Pilipino
lalo na ang nasa panggitnang-uri sa mga kaisipang liberal na matagal nang lumalaganap sa
Europa at sa iba pang bansa sa dakong Kanluranin.

The opening on November 17, 1869 of the Suez Canal in Egypt, one of the most important artificial sea-
level waterways in the world, paved the way for the Philippines direct commercial relations with Spain
instead of via Mexico.

As travel time from the Philippines to Spain and vice versa was shortened to 30 days from more than two
months, this positively affected the development of agricultural exports, which brought economic prosperity
to native indios or the so-called ilustrados (Filipinos with money and education).

These development also paved the way for Filipino ilustrados to send their children to universities in
Europe. The rise of the ilustrados was inevitable and they became the new patrons of the arts that led to
the secularization of arts in the 19th century.

The Suez Canal was often called the crossroads of Europe, Africa and Asia because the route was used to
transport goods to and from all three continents. The new route was built for 10 years by a French company
led by Ferdinand de Lesseps.

Before its opening in 1869, goods were sometimes offloaded from ships and carried overland between the
Mediterranean and the Red Sea.

The growing prominence of steam over sail navigation and the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869
contributed to spectacular increases in the volume of trade. In 1851 exports and imports totaled some
US$8.2 million; ten years later, they had risen to US$18.9 million and by 1870 were US$53.3 million.
Exports alone grew by US$20 million between 1861 and 1870. Additionally, the opening of the Suez
Canal in 1869 cut travel time to Spain, which facilitated the rise of the ilustrados, an enlightened class of
Filipinos that had been able to expand their studies in Spain and Europe. The Ilustrados (Spanish for
"erudite", "learned," or "enlightened ones" constituted the Filipino educated class during the Spanish
colonial period in the late 19th century.
They were the middle class who were educated in Spanish and exposed to Spanish liberal and European
nationalist ideals. The Ilustrado class was composed of native-born intellectuals and cut across
ethnolinguistic and racial linesIndios, Insulares, and mestizos, among othersand sought reform
through a more equitable arrangement of both political and economic power under Spanish tutelage.
They were key figures in the development of Filipino nationalism.