Question

what were the causes of the Crimean war and how did the outcome change the previously established global powers.

Answer 1

The Crimean War with its pressure from Turkey arose from Russia's threat to various European interests. The Crimean War was a consequence of Russian pressure on Turkey, which threatened British Middle East and India's business and strategic interests. After provoking the crisis for prestige reasons, France used the war to consolidate an alliance with Britain and reassert its military authority.

The Crimean War is mainly remembered in Britain for three reasons: the Light Brigade Charge, British Army mismanagement, and Florence Nightingale. But this conflict, fought against Russia by an alliance between Britain, France, Turkey and Sardinia, is much more complicated.

Many wars were fought on the basis of a region's strategic significance; many wars over religious differences were fought. Both variables resulted from the Crimean War.

France, Russia and Britain were all competing for power in the Middle East during the years leading up to the Crimean War, especially with Turkey. Certainly in the Crimean War, religious differences were a catalyst. Control of access to religious locations in the Holy Land had been a source of tension between Catholic France and Orthodox Russia for several years, and in 1853 the war came to a head with riots in Bethlehem, which was then part of the Turkish-ruled Ottoman empire. During the fighting with French monks, a number of Orthodox monks were murdered. The Turks were blamed for these casualties by Tsar Nicholas I.

Austria lost impact in Europe: after refusing to assist Russia in its war against France and Britain, she lost a great ally and became very isolated after the war, unable to depend on Russia for assistance or support.
Despite not battling, Prussia emerged as a greater power from the Crimean War: its economy rose by being neutral. The Paris Treaty brought about a number of modifications, as Turkey was brought into the European political system, and Britain turned its back on Europe to concentrate on national inner problems.