The first Anglo-Afghan war in 1838, ushered in the rivalry for supremacy over Central Asia between the British and the Russian Empires, a period otherwise known as the _________.
a. British-Russian Game
b. Great Game
c. British Offensive
d. Russian Offensive
b. Great Game
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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