In the modern era the Suez Canal reduced the role of the sea to that of thoroughfare, between the Atlantic and Asia.
进入现代社会，苏伊士运河的开通，陆运代替了海运，成为连接大西洋和亚洲的主角。
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For the past year the European Union has deployed its first-ever joint naval force, named Operation Atalanta, to protect ships passing in and out of the Red Sea on their way from or to the Suez canal.
在过去的一年里，欧盟组建了第一支联合海军舰队——亚特兰大行动，保护由经苏伊士运河进出红海的船只。
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The location of Eritrea gives it an advantage of controlling the sea route through the Suez Canal.