The Breakup of the ottoman empire: french & 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
The Ottoman Empire broke up and the French and British divided up the territories into mandates. They set up Arab governments in all mandates except for Palestine.
