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The Great Game

I didn't know it was officially a "thing" until I looked it up:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Game

The Great Game was a rivalry between the 19th-century British and Russian empires over influence in Central Asia, primarily in Afghanistan, Persia, and Tibet. The two colonial empires used military interventions and diplomatic negotiations to acquire and redefine territories in Central and South Asia. Russia conquered Turkestan, and Britain expanded and set the borders of British India. By the early 20th century, a line of independent states, tribes, and monarchies from the shore of the Caspian Sea to the Eastern Himalayas were made into protectorates and territories of the two empires.

Video for those with a case of the Lazy Sundays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHVpF85CIIY