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The Habsburg Monarchy was quite active in Egypt at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Although it had only slight political interest in this area it maintained here several consulates and monitored local events very carefully. It was because a lot of Austro‑Hungarian trading houses established their presence in Egypt and the land on the Nile became an important economic partner...
The contribution, which is based on unpublished sources from the National Archives in London and the Political Archive in Berlin (Politisches Archiv des Auswärtigen Amts), aims to present and analyze the British and German view of the complicated question of railway‑building in China at the end of the Qing Empire era — concretely in the years 1907–1908. The author will turn his attention to the British...
The way in which the economic progress of each country influenced the policy, successfulness and masses is one of the most crucial variables in the development of each country. The success of Argentina was in the turn of the 19th and 20th century connected with the construction of the railways. Concerning the dominant role of British merchants and the other aspects which improved the international...
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