Breakup of the Ottoman Empire and the French and English Mandates
- Countries sided with Germany broken up
- One of which was Ottoman Empire (very large)
- After World War 1 divided up into mandates
- Ownership of the Suez Canal was debated
- Jews were blamed for death of Christ and exiled
Summary.
Ottoman Empire was Arab empire that was broken up into 4 mandates and these mandates given to French and British (2 each) who were interested in oil and the Suez Canal. Iraq and Trans-Jordan went to British but the Syria and Lebanon went to French and all had Arab governments except Palestine.
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