HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Several small Arab countries joined together to push for the creation of the state of Israel
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Many new countries were created that represented a single ethnic group
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European politicians didn’t take into account religious and ethnic groups when drawing new boundaries which lead to conflict in the Middle East
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The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were divided among Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Palestine
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Ottoman army entered the war in 1914 on the side of the Central Powers (including Germany and Austria-Hungary) and was defeated in October 1918. Following the Armistice of Mudros, most Ottoman territories were divided between Britain, France, Greece and Russia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Its end signalled the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, which had controlled most of the Arab Middle East. Over the wartime period, millions of people across the Empire died as a result of warfare, epidemics, famines and massacres.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Finally, after fighting on the side of Germany in World War I and suffering defeat, the empire was dismantled by treaty and came to an end in 1922, when the last Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed VI, was deposed and left the capital of Constantinople (now Istanbul) in a British warship.