USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On May 19, 1916, representatives of Great Britain and France secretly reach an accord, known as the Sykes-Picot agreement, by which most of the Arab lands under the rule of the Ottoman Empire are to be divided into British and French spheres of influence with the conclusion of World War I.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet, (born March 16, 1879, London, England-died February 16, 1919, Paris, France), diplomat who represented Great Britain in the so-called Sykes-Picot negotiations (1915–16) concerning the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire after World War I.

Detailed explanation-3: -By the 1850’s Britain and France had aligned their interests with the Ottoman Empire in order to hinder Russian expansion. Mutual interest united an unlikely alliance of countries to fight the prospect of Russia benefiting from the Ottomans.

Detailed explanation-4: -Treaty of Sèvres, (August 10, 1920), post-World War I pact between the victorious Allied powers and representatives of the government of Ottoman Turkey. The treaty abolished the Ottoman Empire and obliged Turkey to renounce all rights over Arab Asia and North Africa.