Which definition best describes the Great Game?
A. the emergence of Pan-Arabism, or the movement for unification of the Arab people against the colonial forces of Europe
B. the division of Southwest Asian territories between the French and the British, resulting in the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916
C. the drive of Zionist leaders to establish a homeland
D. a territorial rivalry between Great Britain and Russia over Persia and the Mesopotamian Valley