History A-Level
Strategic control of trade routes
What Strategic control of trade routes means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Strategic control of trade routes
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The acquisition of Zanzibar in 1890 and the lease of Wei hai-wei in 1898 extended British strategic influence and control over trade routes.
Topics that use Strategic control of trade routes
- Paper 3, Option 35.1: Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914 - 1 The changing nature and extent of trade (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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