Name: The Baghdad Railway (German: 'Bagdadbahn'), built from 1903 to 1940, was planned to connect Berlin with the (then) Ottoman Empire city of Baghdad with a 990 mile line through modern-day Turkey, Syria and Iraq. Some historians have argued that the construction of the railroad was a leading cause of the First World War. Date: circa 1909 - SuperStock
Brand: Mary Evans Picture Library
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The Baghdad Railway (German: 'Bagdadbahn'), built from 1903 to 1940, was planned to connect Berlin with the (then) Ottoman Empire city of Baghdad with a 990 mile line through modern-day Turkey, Syria and Iraq. Some historians have argued that the construction of the railroad was a leading cause of the First World War. Date: circa 1909

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