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
•Looked for people who had royalty lines so that they kept the royalty going, kept them in contro
•Didn't install any arab leaders in Palestine because of all the religiousness
•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
•Looked for people who had royalty lines so that they kept the royalty going, kept them in contro
•Didn't install any arab leaders in Palestine because of all the religiousness
Was it a good idea to set up the arab governments with royal descendants?
Summary
The French and the British take control and divide up the Ottoman Empires. They set up governments with royal descendants to keep more control over the area.