WORLD HISTORY

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: -Following the Armistice of Mudros, most Ottoman territories were divided between Britain, France, Greece and Russia. The Ottoman Empire officially ended in 1922 when the title of Ottoman Sultan was eliminated.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Sykes-Picot Agreement In May of 1916, the French and British negotiated a secret agreement that would divide the Middle East up between those two countries when the Ottoman Empire fell. The agreement assumed that the Allies would win the war against the Central Powers.

Detailed explanation-4: -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. Each empire’s interests in the region varied.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mehmed V, original name Mehmed Reşad, (born Nov. 2, 1844, Constantinople-died July 3, 1918, Constantinople), Ottoman sultan from 1909 to 1918, whose reign was marked by the absolute rule of the Committee of Union and Progress and by Turkey’s defeat in World War I.