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Part of a series of collections of books and documents on the relationship between Britain and Russia in Central Asia during the nineteenth century. This work covers the period that is notable for a major crisis centred on the northern frontier of Afghanistan, which in 1885 brought the two empires to the verge of war.

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Canonical title
The Opening of Tibet
Original publication date
1905
People/Characters
Francis Younghusband
Important places
Tibet; Lhasa, Tibet
Important events
Younghusband Expedition to Lhasa

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Genres
Nonfiction, Anthropology, Travel, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
951.15History & geographyHistory of AsiaEast Asia: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, KoreaNortheast ChinaHebei, Tianjin, Beijing
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DS785 .L19History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaAsiaHistory of AsiaChinaLocal history and descriptionTibet

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English
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