Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!
Golda Meir
Question
What if the French and British never took control after the Ottoman Empire broke up?
The Breakup of the Ottoman Empire:
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
Summary
Ottoman Empire broke up and became Turkey. France and GB divided the territories into mandates. They were interested in this for Suez Canal and oil. Sykes-Picot agreement in 1916 gave most of the territories to Britain. They set up Arab government in all mandates except for Palestine.