HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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political instability in the Middle East is here to stay.
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the Middle East should return to its pre-World War I borders.
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an agreement carved out during World War I may have a lot to do with the problems in the Middle East today
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the possibility of peace in the Middle East is currently in the hands of British and French diplomats
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Detailed explanation-1: -The agreement led to the division of Turkish-held Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine into various French-and British-administered areas. Negotiations were begun in November 1915, and the final agreement took its name from the chief negotiators from Britain and France, Sir Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot.
Detailed explanation-2: -The agreement allocated to the UK control of what is today southern Israel and Palestine, Jordan and southern Iraq, and an additional small area that included the ports of Haifa and Acre to allow access to the Mediterranean. France was to control southeastern Turkey, the Kurdistan Region, Syria and Lebanon.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following options explains the primary problem with the Middle Eastern areas created by Britain and France? The British and French areas were in conflict with the Russian areas. The borders did not respect the different ethnic and religious boundaries of the area .