The Causes Of The Crimean War?

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The Crimean War was a conflict that lasted through out Europe from October, 1853 - February, 1856. This war involved Russia, France, Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia. They all had one main ambition, to fight for the Holy Land and the Middle East. Orthodox Russia and Catholic France wanted the Holy Land in the Ottoman Empire, this was a major factor and dispute between the two countries. Problems started when France and Russia became embroiled in a dispute over control of religious sites near Jerusalem. Russia wanted control over the territories bordering both nations near the Ottoman Empire, including Constantinople. When the Ottoman Empire gave the Roman Catholics equal rights with the Greek Orthodox Christians in 1852, Russia responding by deploying military and political pressure on the Ottomans.
Dissension arose in the Middle East from the great powers trying to directly rule this sacred Holy Land. Russia wanted protection over the Orthodox essence of the Ottoman Sultan. Control of Christian shrines in the Holy Land also became a point of issue, ‘The Ottomans did not...

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