Pax Pamir

fall napoleon british east india company ply trade unchecked cape good hope market hong kong india stand center sprawl imperial network current empire run port tie far east european market award british virtual control vast wealth subcontinent quotcrown jewelquot empire far secureacross forest siberia steppe asia russian empire advance rate exceed pace america western pioneer expansionism worldrsquos large nation loom british holding india cast long shadow year buffer region central asia surveyor adventurer industrialist government agent cross path seek manipulate byzantine local politic shadow pamir mountain stage set game define limit global power th century present dayin pax pamir player assume role afghan tribal leader navigate wind colonial power quotthe great gamequot russian british empire afghan able achieve supremacy player influence empire win