"What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in." David Lloyd George
- The Breakup of the Ottoman Empire: French and English Mandates:
- 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 Britain
- Syria and Lebanon to French
- They set up Arab governments in all mandates except Palestine
Summary:
The ottoman empire end up becoming turkey. The French and British decided to make mandates out of section of the old empire. The backbone to these decisions is the Suez Canal. They set up Arab governments in all mandates except Palestine.