WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
After the fall of the Ottoman Empire after WW1, all of the following European countries colonized the Middle East EXCEPT
A
Great Britain
B
France
C
Italy
D
Norway
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The European powers colonized one Islamic country after another. France occupied Algeria in 1830, and Britain Aden nine years later. Tunisia was occupied in 1881, Egypt in 1882, the Sudan in 1889 and Libya and Morocco in 1912.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Sykes-Picot Agreement In the summer of 1915, following the start of the Gallipoli campaign, the French, British, and Russian empires began negotiations to split up the Ottoman empire and claim their own spheres of influence. Each empire’s interests in the region varied.

Detailed explanation-3: -The agreement allocated to Britain control of areas between the Mediterranean Sea and the River Jordan, Jordan, and southern Iraq; France got control of southeastern Turkey, northern Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon; and Russia received Istanbul, the Turkish Straits, and Armenia.

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