One reason the Suez Canal has been of key significance to nations other than Egypt was that the channel considered speedier development between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. The waterway is interfacing the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez.
The Romans introduced D. Camels to North Africa
True I think, but in terms of life? False. Europeans, however, unlike the Chinese, sought to build vast empires all across the world, even in the new world, that's why most of human history is European exploration, and wars, and the like.