All of the following were territories assigned by the League of Nations to be part of a British mandate after World War I, except

HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST

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A	Palestine.
B	Transjordan.
C	Iraq.
D	Saudi Arabia.

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -League of Nations mandates were former colonies and territories of the German and Ottoman Empires administered on behalf of the League of Nations by one of several Mandatory Powers: Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, France, Belgium and Japan.

Detailed explanation-2: -Classes of the Mandate System In the Middle East for Britain, this included Palestine (now Israel and Palestine), Mesopotamia (now Iraq), and TransJordan, (now Jordan). For France, there was Lebanon and Syria. Class B mandates were former German territories in which independence was in the foreseeable future.

Detailed explanation-3: -It began with four permanent members – Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan – and four non-permanent members that were elected by the Assembly for a three-year term.

Detailed explanation-4: -Soviet Russia and the USA were not a part of the League of Nations. The League of Nations was an organisation formed based on 14 points presented by the then American President Woodrow Wilson during the Paris Peace Process on January 10, 1920.

Detailed explanation-5: -In total, 63 states became members of the League of Nations (with at most 60 at the same time), which represents a great majority of the states existing at that time. However, the League never succeeded to become a truly universal organization.

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