For Ferdinand De Lesseps, efforts to flatter Muhammad Said and Egypt as a whole were meticulous and plainly proved to be fruitful, so why stop? Efforts to fortify the dignity and sovereignty of Egypt via flattery of Muhammad Said and as a whole Egypt were utilized to gain French diplomatic clout, in a competitive geopolitical region, in addition to fundamental reframing of the goals of French projects in Egypt. Without being informed or explicitly forced to submit, the Egyptians were getting the short end of the stick. On April 25 1859, the construction of the Suez canal began, a process that would take tens of thousands of workers a decade to complete (Karabell): There Ferdinand De Lesseps, unfurled an Egyptian flag and planted it in the…show more content… French diplomatic efforts in Egypt verbally reinforced Egypt’s sense of sovereignty and their influence internationally, while concurrently undermining those very qualities in order to benefit the French, and those able to participate in global…show more content… The Suez Canal is a complicated geopolitical landmark, that provides a tremendous economic opportunity to any country that has jurisdiction over the canal; however, the whole world can be said to beneficiaries of expedited trade routes and more efficient accessibility to the rest of the world. This sounds like a very utilitarian concept, but, in practice, the losers are less materially developed nations along with the environment. The Suez Canal has been built into a dynamic natural and social setting already
