HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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Who was given the power and responsibility of partitioning the former Ottoman Empire after WWI?
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African tribal leaders
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Europeans-primarily Britain and France
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Egyptians-Kings and Sultans
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the Ottoman Turks
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -On May 19, 1916, representatives of Great Britain and France secretly reach an accord, known as the Sykes-Picot Agreement, by which most of the Arab lands under the rule of the Ottoman Empire are to be divided into British and French spheres of influence with the conclusion of World War I.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Sykes-Picot Agreement In the summer of 1915, following the start of the Gallipoli campaign, the French, British, and Russian empires began negotiations to split up the Ottoman empire and claim their own spheres of influence.
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