DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE EAST
NATIONALISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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Joined The Allied Powers of Great Britain, France, and Russia
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Joined The Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary
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Remained Neutral
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Page 1 – Introduction. The Allies described the wartime military alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire as the ‘Central Powers’. The name referred to the geographical location of the two original members of the alliance, Germany and Austria-Hungary, in central Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Ottoman Empire entered the war on the side of the Central Powers on October 29, 1914, as did Bulgaria on October 14, 1915.
Detailed explanation-3: -Though the Ottoman Empire-in a period of relative decline since the late 16th century-had initially aimed to stay neutral in World War I, it soon concluded an alliance with Germany and entered the war on the side of the Central Powers in October 1914.
Detailed explanation-4: -Enver Pasha had succeeded in bringing the Ottoman Empire into the First World War on the side of the Central Powers, Germany and Austria-Hungary.