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The Saharah is a desert, and through out most of Egyptian history the land outside of the nile was useless, but the Quatarra depression was located under sea level.



At its narrowest it was only a mere 55 Kilometers away from the med, some people proposed a cannal between the med and the depression would create one of the largest lakes in the world. One of them was John Ball.

When Nasser took over the country he considered the project it would be incredibly expensive but it could turn much of his country green creating new cities new settlements, new farm land, but it would also be expensive.

His advisors told him he had enough money to prosecute a war against Israel or the Cannel but not enough money to do both. This was an attempt to sway him from building the cannel. Instead Nasser decided that the Cannal was more important and focused Egypt's efforts on that instead.

Dispite calls from other Arab allies Egypt would never join their efforts against Israel under Nassers leadership, and in 1970 the cannal was finished and Lake Quatarra came into existance. The sarahara or at least a large portion of it was turned green.

But what if Nasser decided against the Cannel what would Egypt look like today how would world history be changed?
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