HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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Many Europeans emigrated to Southwest Asia
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Countries in Southwest Asia modeled their governments on European governments
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Political borders were decided by European powers without consideration of the political and historical connections to the land
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European powers presence in Southwest Asia established a long period of peace and improved relations with non-Muslim western nations
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Detailed explanation-1: -As the Ottoman Empire expanded, it started gaining control of important trade routes. The capture of Constantinople (1453) to the Ottoman Turks was a key event. Along with their victory, they now had significant control of the Silk Road, which European countries used to trade with Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -The demise of the Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Caliphate) made a lasting impact to the Muslim world. Britain and France curved up the Middle East through Sykes-Picot Agreement and gave birth to a new Middle East where oil and petrodollar shaped the politics and economy under their patronage.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Ottoman Empire officially ended in 1922 when the title of Ottoman Sultan was eliminated. Turkey was declared a republic on October 29, 1923, when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938), an army officer, founded the independent Republic of Turkey.
Detailed explanation-4: -The dissolution of the Ottoman Empire (1908–1922) was a period of history of the Ottoman Empire beginning with the Young Turk Revolution and ultimately ending with the empire’s dissolution and the founding of the modern state of Turkey.