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Vocabulary section 3 chapter 11
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10th Grade
11/20/2013

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Crimean War
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1853s war broke out between the Russians and the Ottomans (Black sea)
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Selim lll 
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1789, attempted to modernize the army

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Geopolitics
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an interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products 

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Great game 
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Great Britain and Russia engaged in yet another geopolitical struggle, this time over Muslim lands in Central Asia known as Great game.

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Muhammad Ali
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Sent by Ottomans but broke ottomans control and fought a series of battles, reforms in military, and economy in Egypt

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Isma’il  
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Grandson of Muhammad Ali, supported the construction of the Suez Canal

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Suez Canal 
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the Canal was a human-made waterway that cut thought the Isthmus of Suez, connected the Red Sea to the Mediterranean 
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Nasir-al-Din 
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Persian ruler sold a concession to a British company to export Persian tobacco

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Jamal al-Din al-Afghani
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a leader who supported the modernization of Persia, outraged when Narsir-al-Din sold a tobacco concession
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Concession
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This concession allowes foreigners to gain couhntry's product For example (tobacco concession in Persia)
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