The 1898 Fashoda Incident involved a territorial dispute between France and which other power over control of the Upper Nile?
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Correct answer: Great Britain
The incident was a diplomatic standoff in Sudan where French and British colonial ambitions collided. The eventual French withdrawal paved the way for the Anglo-French Entente Cordiale of 1904.
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