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- proper noun now historical The
diplomatic andpolitical issues raised by the decline and break-up of theOttoman Empire .
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Examples
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All this adds deepest and most solemn import to the study of what is known as the Eastern Question, a question that has been to the fore in international politics much of the time throughout this generation.
Our Day In the Light of Prophecy William Ambrose Spicer 1908
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The whole story of what was called the Eastern Question, and three-quarters of the wars of the modern world, were due to the fact that he was not checked enough.
The New Jerusalem 1905
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The Maltese affair and the possibility of reopening the Eastern Question were the two sources of hope to the promoters of a Franco-Russian alliance; for both these questions appealed to the chivalrous love of adventure and to the calculating ambition so curiously blent in Alexander's nature.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898
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Reformer ” and that his differing from the policy of the Cabinet on the Eastern Question is the only reason.
Lady John Russell Ed 1910
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This peace eroded through the decline of the Sick Man of Europe and the rise of the Eastern Question.
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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This peace eroded through the decline of the Sick Man of Europe and the rise of the Eastern Question.
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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This peace eroded through the decline of the Sick Man of Europe and the rise of the Eastern Question.
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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As the husband had to drive to meet someone on official business, while the wife had to go to the concert and some public meeting of a committee on the Eastern Question, there was a great deal to consider and settle.
Anna Karenina 2003
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Inasmuch as the victorious coalition failed to hold together for long or to prevent the Russians from repudiating the Black Sea clauses, what was hailed as a permanent overall solution to the Eastern Question proved temporary and precarious.
1853 2001
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“But you forget how nobly the Nonconformists supported me at the time of the Eastern Question.”
The Grand Old Man Cook, Richard B 1989
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