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Prelude to the Anglo-Afghan War (Graveyard of Empires, Part 2) (2019x25)

: 10, 2019

Having established an empire in the Muslim world that was second only to the Ottomans, Ahmad Shah was a towering figure. Not surprisingly, his death left the British, Afghans, Sikhs and Russians scrambling to fill the power vacuum. Patented as the Great Game, this was not a new world but an extension of what began in the old one.