Second Anglo Afghan War Image 6: The Second Anglo-Afghan War On November 1875; the prime minister of Britain, Benjamin Disraeli, made Lord Lytton governor general of India. Lytton was mainly concerned with the relationship between India and Afghanistan. He was also concerned with the fact that there was great Russian influence in Afghanistan and wanted to take that away. Lord Lytton decided to launch the second Anglo Afghan war on November 21, 1878 with a British invitation. Shir Ali, the son of Dost Mohammad was forced to leave his capital and country.
During this time, the Duchy was involved in several military campaigns, including fighting on the side of Poland against the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald in 1410; the joint victory allowed the Duchy to control the northwestern borderlands of Eastern Europe. On 2 February 1386, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland were joined in a personal union through a marriage of their rulers. This union set in motion the developments that eventually resulted in the formation of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, created in 1569. The Russians, led by Ivan III of Moscow, began military conquests in 1486 in an attempt to reunite the lands of Kievan Rus', specifically the territories of Belarus and Ukraine. The union between Poland and Lithuania
The first Russians reached America in 1747 when fur traders arrived in Alaska. Some settled in the area and the Russian Orthodox Church became active in the region in 1795 (“Russian Immigrants”). Vitus Bering a Danish sea captain, discovered the strait while exploring eastward under the command of the czar. Fur traders began to cross the strait to secure land for fur trading. Alaska soon became a frontier society with explorers searching for fur and gold.
While Russia sought to expand gradually through the world, Afghanistan until the late 1970’s was the last of the Soviet’s worries. In fact, until that time the only influence, either Russia or America had on Afghanistan was that during the third Anglo-Afghan War of 1917, just before the Russian Revolution. After that conflict, as the Soviet Union turned within to solve its inner domestic political conflicts, Afghanistan returned to its former higher imperialist government and remained as such until the
c. Bordered the Ottoman and Mughal Empires II. Duration a. The Safavid Dynasty was founded by Shah Ismael, which lasted from approximately 1501 to 1736 III. The Rise a. Safavid dynasty arose from the struggles of the rival Turkic nomadic groups and they were prominence as the frontier warrior champions of a highly militant strain of Islam (Shi’a). IV.
A collection of kingdoms make up the country of Sudan. Six million of the people in Sudan live in the southern part. The people of Sudan have two distinct cultures- Arab and Black African(Military). The country is also one of the largest countries in Africa. In 1956 Sudan gained independence from Great Britain, but by then war was already starting between the north and the south.
It climbs the cliff instinctively, attempting to dodge Grendel’s attacks, “he keeps on climbing, mindless, mechanical, because it is the business of goats to climb” (140). “I smile, threatened by an animal already dead, still climbing” (140). Grendel states that the reasoning of the goat is that it is its business to climb. His evil nature takes over when he is angered. He sings his praise of it, “The air is sweet with the scent of his blood” (140).
4. Genghis Khan and the Mongols formed the largest empire in history, nearly unifying the entire Eurasian continent. For example, after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, China split up into separate kingdoms, the Qin and the Song. One of Genghis Khan’s grandchildren, Khubilai Khan followed in his grandfather’s footsteps and politically and administratively unified these kingdoms back together. 5.
With the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate, Islam spread across large parts of the subcontinent. In 1204, Bakhtiar Khilji led the Muslim conquest of Bengal, marking the eastern-most expansion of Islam at the time. So nowadays, many Hindus still think Islam is an invader’s religion. What’s more, after the Muslim conquest, British occupied India from 1858 to 1947. Then, a significant historical event called “Partition of India”happened on August 15, 1947.
Research Proposal On Ethnic Minorities and the Politics of Identity in Russia: A case study on Chechnya Submitted By Abhimanyu Sabar Registration no-36766 Submitted To Centre for Russian & Central Asian Studies School of International Studies Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi-110067 BACKGROUND Russia is a diverse or plural society having several ethnic minorities which is the legacy of Soviet Union. These ethnic minorities inhabit indifferent part of the Russia. Chechen are no exception who is largely a Muslim ethnic group that has lived for centuries in the mountain of north Caucuses ’ which is considered as the important place for reservoir of oil and other natural recourses. Recognized as distinct people since 17th century Chechen were active opponents of the Russia conquest of Caucasus during the period of 1818-1917.In 1818 Russia defeated leader Imam Shamil and his fighter who were aiming to establish an Islamic state. After the 1917 Russia Revolution, a declaration of independence by Chechen was met with occupation from the Bolshevik who later establish the Chechen-Ingush autonomous region in 1924 and in the mid 1930, it became an autonomous Republic.