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Eastern Question- Part I Eastern Question (or Near Eastern Question) was diplomatic problem posed in the 19th and early 20th centuries It arose as a result of the rise of a national feeling of nationality among the Balkan peoples, declining Turkish (Ottoman) Empire and the divergent interests of Great Powers in the near East. The […]

Eastern Question- Part III Motives of the different Powers in Crimean War England: England took part in Crimean War because she feared that an aggressive Russia expanding into regions too near the route to lndia would be a serious menace to British interests in the East. It was a cardinal principle of British policy to […]

Imperialism and Colonialism- South Africa Dutch Colony: The first Europeans to settle in South Africa permanently were members of the Dutch East India Company who founded a colony at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652. With colonialism, which began in South Africa in 1652, came the Slavery and Forced Labour Model. It remained a […]