WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The British-and French-controlled countries were divided by the Sykes–Picot line. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The League of Nations mandate granted the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon, the British Mandate for Mesopotamia (later Iraq) and the British Mandate for Palestine, later divided into Mandatory Palestine and the Emirate of Transjordan (1921–1946).

Detailed explanation-3: -The agreement allocated to Britain control of areas between the Mediterranean Sea and the River Jordan, Jordan, and southern Iraq; France got control of southeastern Turkey, northern Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon; and Russia received Istanbul, the Turkish Straits, and Armenia.

Detailed explanation-4: -The borders of the Middle East were drawn during World War I by a Briton, Mark Sykes, and a Frenchman, Francois Picot. The two diplomats’ pencils divided the map of one of the most volatile regions in the world into states that cut through ethnic and religious communities.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the Partition of the Middle East, 1879-1919 | British Online Archives.

Detailed explanation-6: -After partitioning, France took control of Syria, Lebanon, Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. The British were in charge of Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan, and a chunk of Saudi Arabia. More items