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In 1904, Britain and France signed a series of agreements, the Entente cordiale, mostly aimed toward resolving colonial disputes. That heralded the end of British splendid isolation. France and Britain had signed five separate agreements regarding spheres of influence in North Africa in 1904, the "Entente cordiale". The Tangier Crisis later encouraged co-operation between the two countries from their mutual fear of apparent German expansionism.