Text: This manmade artery linking the Mediterranean with the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, allowed a much quicker journey time from Europe to the Middle East, India, and the Far East when it was opened in 1869, a great aid to the Western European powers in managing their expansive Empires.
Entailment: The artery links the Mediterranean with the Red Sea.
Contradiction: The artery between the Mediterranean and the Red sea hurt the European Empires.