Related: Berlin-Baghdad railway [1]
Some historian say this might have actually caused the 1st world war since these German activities provoked the British empire.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin%E2%80%93Baghdad_railway
Some historian say this might have actually caused the 1st world war since these German activities provoked the British empire.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin%E2%80%93Baghdad_railway
Quite an iconic route that became much simpler administratively to travel in 2000s but perhaps again trickier now because of the situation with Russia.