Joe and Mika are having a debate about how to draw boundaries for new countries. Mika says, Based on how much fighting and conflict has occured in the Middle East, borders should be drawn to keep people who like each other together and people who dont get along apart. Mika is most likely using prior knowledge of which event in history to persuade Joe?

HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST

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Joe and Mika are having a debate about how to draw boundaries for new countries. Mika says, “Based on how much fighting and conflict has occured in the Middle East, borders should be drawn to keep people who like each other together and people who don’t get along apart.” Mika is most likely using prior knowledge of which event in history to persuade Joe?

A	The partitioning of the Middle East following the Persian Gulf War
B	The partitioning of the Middle East following the end of WWI
C	The desalination of the Middle East following the Persian Gulf War
D	The desalination of the Middle East following the end of WWI

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Background. The unresolved conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is one of the key fields of conflict in the Middle East. At the root of the conflict are rival claims to the area between Jordan and the Mediterranean.

Detailed explanation-2: -The border between Syria and Iraq was determined between 1918 and 1920, when Iraqi officers serving in the Syrian army brought about the annexation of regions originally designated for British-occupied Iraq to Faysal ‘s Arab government in Syria.

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