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In 711, an Arab army conqueres Sind. The Arabs resumed their aggression against Sind only after 705 A.D. The capital was also captured by the Arab army.
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In 1798, Lord Wellesley, the Governor of India, had started to add territory to Britain’s
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In 1800, Capt. John Malcolm went and heads up a British mission to the Persian Shah in Teheran which results in two treaties being signed
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In 1804, Russian armies lay siege on Yerevan, Armenia, a Persian possession, but Britain does not aid Persia.
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1808 Malcolm's second mission to Persia, resulting in a new treaty with Britain that makes the troops of other countries crossing Persian territory to attack India
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In 1914 Britain and Russia enter World War I as allies. War I was struck in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where Archduke Franz Ferdinand, nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was shot to death along with his wife by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip
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1928 Governor Yang Tseng-hsin of Sinkiang is assassinated and power is seized by Chin Shu-jen
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1941 Germany invades the Soviet Union
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1949 Communist victory in China
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1967 Bailey dies in England, ending the great game
