HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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gave Middle Eastern countries complete independence
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gave Britain and France some control over policy and trade in the Middle East.
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dictated which ethnic and religious groups could live in which Middle Eastern country.
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -After the First World War, the two countries were entrusted with mandates of the League of Nations, which were defined as a sacred trust of civilisation, with a duty to turn the former Arab provinces of the defeated Ottoman Empire into modern nation-states.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British Mandate for Palestine (1918-1948) was the outcome of several factors: the British occupation of territories previously ruled by the Ottoman Empire, the peace treaties that brought the First World War to an end, and the principle of self-determination that emerged after the war.
Detailed explanation-3: -A legal document adopted by the League of Nations on 24 July 1922. It established the United Kingdom as a Mandatory in control of Palestine, which had been officially under military government since the British occupied it from the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.