HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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It was partitioned by Europeans
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Its land area doubled in size
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They were taken over by the Arabs
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after the war led to the domination of the Middle East by Western powers such as Britain and France, and saw the creation of the modern Arab world and the Republic of Turkey.
Detailed explanation-2: -Key Points. The Sykes-Picot Agreement was a secret 1916 agreement between Great Britain and France, with Russia assenting, that defined their mutually agreed spheres of influence and control in Southwestern Asia, under control of the declining Ottoman Empire.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Allies defeated the Ottoman Empire in WWI, and needed to decide what would happen to areas previously under Ottoman control. These covered modern-day Syria, The Lebanon, Israel, Iraq and Iran. Theoretically, their people could have gained independence, after years of being colonial subjects.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Europeans, who had colonized much of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century, completed the takeover with the territories of Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine. The modern boundaries of the Middle East emerged from the war. So did modern Arab nationalist movements and embryonic Islamic movements.
Detailed explanation-5: -Negotiations regarding the partition of the crumbling Ottoman Empire took place in 1915 among the British, French, and Russian Empires. This Triple Entente hoped to secure territory, trade routes, and oil within the former world power.