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Each generation of Russian czars launched a war on the Ottomans to try to gain land on the Black Sea. The purpose was to give Russia a warm-weather port.

In 1853, war broke out between the Russians and the Ottomans. The war was called the Gulf War.

After decades of fighting, Great Britain finally withdrew from Afghanistan in 1881. In 1921, Britain formally agreed that its empire would not extend beyond the Khyber Pass, which borders eastern Afghanistan.

The newly formed Soviet Union, signed a nonaggression pact with Afghanistan. That agreement is still honored.

After Alexander failed to win Egypt, a new leader emerged: Muhammad Ali.

Egypt initiated political and social reforms, in part to block European domination of its land.

Egyptian peasants lost the use of lands they traditionally farmed and were forced to grow cash crops in place of food crops.

The Suez Canal opened in 1869 with little fanfare.

Egypt soon found that it could not pay its European bankers even the interest on its $450 million debt. The British insisted on overseeing financial control of the canal, and in 1882 the British occupied Egypt.

Britain’s interest in Persia increased greatly after the discovery of oil there in 1908.

Persia lacked the capital to develop its own resources. To raise money and to gain economic prestige, the Persian ruler began granting concessions to Western businesses.

In 1907, Russia and Britain took over the Persia and divided it into spheres of influence, exercising economic control.