... and Qing Empires. Russia took all of the silk roads and Central Asia. Russia was right next to British India, and could easily spark a continental war. In Southeast Asia, the French created French Indochina, consisting of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The French made Christianity prominent in these countries. They did not take Siam as it was a good buffer state between British India ... as the grain of rice to tip the scale during the World Wars. Because the French governed Southern Asia, the United States of America was put into the Korean and Vietnam War. When a rebellion sparked in bo...

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