HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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It remained basically the same
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It lost a small amount of territory.
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The Allies broke up the territory into several countries, which are part of the “Middle East” region today.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -An important factor in the decline was the increasing lack of ability and power of the sultans themselves. Süleyman tired of the campaigns and arduous duties of administration and withdrew more and more from public affairs to devote himself to the pleasures of his harem.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.