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
Summery
The League of Nations granted France mandates over Syria and Lebanon and granted the United Kingdom mandates overMesopotamia and Palestine (which was later divided into two regions: Palestine and Transjordan). Parts of the Ottoman Empire on the Arabian Peninsula became parts of what are today Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Question
How would it have been different if France and England werent granted Mandates of the Ottoman Empire.