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 he reasons for their interest
- Sykes-Picot agreement, 1916, gave most of the territory to Britain
- Irag, Trans-Jordan and Palestine to Br.
- Syria and Lebanon to French
- They set up Arab governments in all mandates except Palestine
Summery: The former Ottoman Empire broke up into different territories such as Turkey and the French and British divided up the rest into mandates where the Suez Canal becomes of major interest to all regions of the Mandates. In 1916, an agreement was signed giving most land to Britain such as Iraq, Trans-Jordan and Palestine, then the rest (Syria and Lebanon went to France.
Question: If the Ottoman Empire never broke up, would have there been such an uprising with the Suez Canal?