HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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According to the article, which is true of the Sykes-Picot agreement?
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It was accepted by Arab leaders as a path to peace.
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It was created in secret.
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It was based on long-standing divisions between ethnic and religious groups.
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all of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -But negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference led to an agreement that France would control Syria, as envisaged by Sykes-Picot. In 1920 France took over the administration of the territory, just as Faisal and the nationalists declared the independence of a Kingdom of Syria.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Sykes-Picot Agreement was a secret treaty drawn up in 1916 between Great Britain and France. Named after Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot, the primary negotiators, the treaty divided up Arab lands of the Ottoman Empire into British and French zones of control following the end of World War I.
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