Breakup of the Ottoman Empire and the French and English Mandates
•“The sick man of Europe”: Ottoman Empire breaks up and becomes Turkey
•French and British divide up the former Ottoman territories into mandates
•Suez Canal and oil are the reasons for their interest
•Sykes-Picot agreement, 1916, gave most of the territory to Britain
•Iraq, Trans-Jordan and Palestine to Br.
•Syria and Lebanon to French
They set up Arab governments in all mandates except Palestine
•French and British divide up the former Ottoman territories into mandates
•Suez Canal and oil are the reasons for their interest
•Sykes-Picot agreement, 1916, gave most of the territory to Britain
•Iraq, Trans-Jordan and Palestine to Br.
•Syria and Lebanon to French
They set up Arab governments in all mandates except Palestine
Question: What would of happened if the Ottoman Empire had stayed together and became turkey?
Summary: The Ottoman Empire was an Arab empire that was broken up into 4 mandates. These mandates were given to French and British who were interested in the resources (oil and Suez Canal). Iraq and Trans-Jordan went to the British and Syria and Lebanon went to the French and all Arab governments except Palestine.