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The Wakhan Corridor's odd finger-like shape on modern maps is a direct result of which two 19th-century empires avoiding a shared border?
Answer
Russia and Britain
British and Russian negotiators agreed to the Wakhan Corridor's boundaries in the 1890s specifically so that the two empires' territories in Central Asia would not touch.
💡 Did you know?
The Pamir Highway's Wakhan Corridor was intentionally designed as a buffer between Russian and British empires. Its finger-like shape still exists on maps today.
Other options people guess
- Russia and China
- Britain and the Ottoman Empire
- China and Persia
Topics
- silk-road
- history
- central-asia
- empires
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