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The Crimean War is one of the histories most important events as it shaped the way for the start of World War I with the heavily indebted Ottoman Empire choosing to side with Germany in the hope that a victory would nullify their existing loans. Not only did the Crimean War make the Ottoman Empire side with the Germans but it also decided their fate, as they would lose WWI leading to France and England splitting the Empire into a number of nations, creating new borders and political entities as a way of revenge. Without the Crimean War the Middle East, as we know it today would not exist. The War sowed the seed for many of the problems we find in that region today. The Crimean war had changed the map of Europe forever. The Crimean War was the cause of France, Britain and Russia all vying for influence in the Middle East, particularly Turkey. With religious tension already high in The Holy Land due to Catholic France and Orthodox Russia, a conflict that had been going on since 1840, the cause for war was already creating cracks in the ground. This conflict all came to head with rioting in Bethlehem with the death of Orthodox Russians. The Tsar demanded the dispute to be resolved in favour of them but when these demands were not meet he mobilised the Russian troops. His motives have been argued that he …show more content…

The Crimean War has had a significant impact on the modern world in many ways as a lot of the struggle that occurs in the Middle East is largely due to the war. The modern world would be very different today if the Crimean War had never happened, as the Ottoman Empire would never have disintegrated into the conflicts between the nations that were formed. The Crimean War is one of the single most important events in modern history as it has helped to shape the world we know it as

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