Prior to the United States' construction of the Panama Canal,
A. the French had failed to build a channel at the same site.
B. the United States had failed to build a canal across Nicaragua.
C. the British had failed to build a canal across Costa Rica.
D. the Germans had failed to build a canal at the same site.
E. no country had attempted to build a canal connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific.

i believe he was the 5th king of uruk. so c

world war i began in 1914, after the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. during the conflict, germany, austria-hungary, bulgaria and the ottoman empire (the central powers) fought against great britain, france, russia, italy, romania, japan and the united states (the allied powers). to new military technologies and the horrors of trench warfare, world war i saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction. by the time the war was over and the allied powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike—were dead.

explanation:

because they can and they wanted to.

according to my calculation, the answer is d.