The Great Game

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19th-century conflict geopolitical rivalry historical event

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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Label Occurrences
The Great Game canonical 4
Great Game 2
Great Game in Central Asia 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century conflict ⓘ
geopolitical rivalry ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
endedBy Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Tournament of Shadows NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caspian Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Herat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kabul NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khyber Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samarkand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tashkent NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainParticipants British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMethod cartographic surveys ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ
intelligence gathering ⓘ
military expeditions ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ
hasNotableEvent First Anglo-Afghan War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Panjdeh incident NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian conquest of Central Asian khanates ⓘ
Second Anglo-Afghan War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siege of Herat (1837–1838) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOutcome Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPrimaryTheater Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caucasus region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khanates of Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRegion Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStartTime early 19th century ⓘ
influenced Anglo-Russian relations ⓘ
borders of modern Afghanistan ⓘ
borders of modern Central Asian states ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anglo-Russian rivalry → alsoKnownAs → The Great Game ⓘ
Russian conquest of Central Asia → partOf → The Great Game ⓘ
Panjdeh incident → partOf → The Great Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Game
Arthur Conolly → associatedWith → The Great Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Game
Kim (novel) → plotFocus → The Great Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Great Game
Battle of Kandahar (1880) → theatre → The Great Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghan theatre of the Great Game
Lord Auckland → policyFocus → The Great Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Game in Central Asia
Kim → theme → The Great Game ⓘ
Kimball O'Hara → associatedWith → The Great Game ⓘ
Kimball O'Hara → fictionalUniverse → The Great Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rudyard Kipling's Kim universe
Treaty of Amritsar (1846) → geopoliticalContext → The Great Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Game in Central Asia