The Great Game

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The Great Game refers to the 19th-century strategic rivalry and political confrontation between the British and Russian Empires over influence and territory in Central Asia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century conflict ⓘ
geopolitical rivalry ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
endedBy Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Tournament of Shadows ⓘ
hasApproximateEndTime 1907 ⓘ
hasApproximateStartTime 1813 ⓘ
hasCause British concern for the security of India ⓘ
Russian southward expansion ⓘ
hasConceptualLegacy metaphor for strategic rivalry between great powers ⓘ
hasEndTime early 20th century ⓘ
hasKeyIssue Russian access to warm-water ports ⓘ
buffer states around British India ⓘ
control of Central Asian trade routes ⓘ
influence over Afghanistan ⓘ
influence over Persia ⓘ
hasKeyLocation Bukhara ⓘ
linked to: Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Caspian Sea region ⓘ
Caucasus ⓘ
Herat ⓘ
Kabul ⓘ
Khyber Pass ⓘ
Samarkand ⓘ
Tashkent ⓘ
hasMainParticipants British Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
hasMethod cartographic surveys ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ
intelligence gathering ⓘ
military expeditions ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ
hasNotableEvent First Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Panjdeh incident ⓘ
Russian conquest of Central Asian khanates ⓘ
Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Siege of Herat (1837–1838) ⓘ
hasOutcome Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 ⓘ
hasPrimaryTheater Afghanistan ⓘ
Caucasus region ⓘ
Khanates of Central Asia ⓘ
linked to: Uzbek khanates
hasRegion Afghanistan ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia

Persia ⓘ
Tibet ⓘ
hasStartTime early 19th century ⓘ
influenced Anglo-Russian relations ⓘ
borders of modern Afghanistan ⓘ
borders of modern Central Asian states ⓘ

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Anglo-Russian rivalry → alsoKnownAs → The Great Game ⓘ
Panjdeh incident → partOf → Great Game ⓘ
linked to: The Great Game
Arthur Conolly → associatedWith → Great Game ⓘ
linked to: The Great Game
Kim (novel) → plotFocus → the Great Game ⓘ
linked to: The Great Game
Battle of Kandahar (1880) → theatre → Afghan theatre of the Great Game ⓘ
linked to: The Great Game
Lord Auckland → policyFocus → Great Game in Central Asia ⓘ
linked to: The Great Game
Kim → theme → The Great Game ⓘ
Kimball O'Hara → associatedWith → The Great Game ⓘ
Kimball O'Hara → fictionalUniverse → Rudyard Kipling's Kim universe ⓘ
linked to: The Great Game
Treaty of Amritsar (1846) → geopoliticalContext → Great Game in Central Asia ⓘ
linked to: The Great Game
Panjdeh Oasis → relatedTo → Anglo-Russian rivalry in Central Asia ⓘ
linked to: The Great Game
Lurgan Sahib → associatedWith → The Great Game ⓘ
Battle of Kushk → relatedTo → Anglo-Russian rivalry in Central Asia ⓘ
linked to: The Great Game
Mahbub Ali → associatedWith → The Great Game ⓘ
Hurree Chunder Mookerjee → associatedWith → the Great Game ⓘ
linked to: The Great Game
Battle of Ahmed Khel → theatre → Afghan theatre of the Great Game ⓘ
linked to: The Great Game
Battle of Bushire → historicalContext → Great Game in Central and South Asia ⓘ
linked to: The Great Game
Melvil Poupaud → notableWork → The Great Game ⓘ
The Great Game: Afghanistan → titleAlludesTo → The Great Game ⓘ
Battle of Ghazni (1839) → theatre → Afghan theatre of the Great Game ⓘ
linked to: The Great Game