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Who is Picot?
Picot was a French diplomat who worked with the British diplomat Sykes during World War I to set the borders of the Middle East after the war. The current borders in the Middle East are largely a result of this collaboration, called the Sykes-Picot Agreement.
Who controlled the middle east before the Sykes picot agreement?
The OTTOMAN EMPIRE controlled the lion's share of the Middle East from 1517 to 1919, when it was carved up by Britain, France and the Saudi Royal Family. The British and French division of the Levant and Mesopotamia has been termed the "Sykes-Picot Agreement".Obviously, other countries controlled the Middle East before the Ottomans overran it in 1517.
What was the secret agreement between the British and the French that would carve up the Middle East after an Allied Victory in World War I?
The Sykes-Picot Treaty of 1916 is the agreement in question.
What impacts did the Sykes-Picot Agreement have on the Middle East in the 12th century?
It divided the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire outside the Arabian peninsula into areas of future British and French control or influence.
What European countries in effect drew the map of the middle east?
The British and French drew most of the borders in the Middle East in the Sykes-Picot Agreement. Turkey and Israel also helped to draw the borders in the Middle East after successful military campaigns (which neither started).
Why have the borders drawn under the Sykes-Picot agreement caused so much trouble in the MIddle East?
The borders delineated by the implementation of Sykes-Picot were not reflective of the actual ethnic and religious groups on the ground. Some groups were split between different states, like the Kurds, between French Syria, British Iraq, and Turkey, and some groups were pushed together unnaturally into states like Syria, which houses Alawites, Sunni Muslims, Druze, Christians, and Ismaili Shiite Muslims.
What empire controlled most of the middle east except for a few years between 1516 and 1917?
The OTTOMAN EMPIRE controlled the lion's share of the Middle East from 1517 to 1919, when it was carved up by Britain, France and the Saudi Royal Family. The British and French division of the Levant and Mesopotamia has been termed the "Sykes-Picot Agreement".
When did European countries partition the Middle East?
The partitioning of the Upper Middle East between Britain and France under Sykes-Picot Agreement took place in 1917, but the realization of this partitioning in the creation of the Mandates of Palestine, Iraq, and Syria did not happen until 1919. Many other areas of the Middle East came under Imperial Protection even earlier, in the 19th century. Egypt fell under British control in 1882 and the Trucial States (now the United Arab Emirates) fell under British control even earlier, in 1820.
Are experts who say the Sykes-Picot agreement is responsible for much of the trouble in the Middle East today correct?
NO. While Sykes-Picot and the current border arrangements in the Middle East exacerbate tensions, those tensions come from underlying problems and issues that Sykes-Picot did not cause nor is responsible for.Exacerbation from Sykes-PicotThe borders delineated by the implementation of Sykes-Picot were not reflective of the actual ethnic and religious groups on the ground. Some groups were split between different states, like the Kurds, between French Syria, British Iraq, and Turkey, and some groups were pushed together unnaturally into states like Syria, which houses Alawites, Sunni Muslims, Druze, Christians, and Ismaili Shiite Muslims.Underlying IssuesThe majority of Middle East conflicts derive from the tribal mentality that is present in Arab States along with repression-based politics. The system as set up in numerous Arab countries, such as Libya and Iraq is that each person has sole loyalty to his tribal leader and not to a national government. As a result, these tribal leaders become their own de facto city states that go to war against each other. Sadr City in Baghdad was the most famous such micro-country. Each tribe promises its members better conditions at the expense of the conditions of a different tribe. As a result, the tribes come into direct conflict.What has typically happened in Arab National Governments is that one tribe has ascended to power and forcibly represses the other tribes to make good on its promise. This particular case is most visible in Syria where the Alawite Muslims (who make up less than 20% of the country) have ruled with an iron fist since the 1960s and made life terrible for the majority Sunni Muslims (completely without Israeli or Palestinian intervention).If more Arab countries become like Tunisia, federated states based on the sentiment of national unity, pride, and self-defense, where there is true freedom of religion and freedom of speech there may a great lessening of Middle East Conflicts. It is the deprivation of these identities and rights that results in much of the Middle East conflicts. These kinds of governments could exist in the current states determined by Sykes-Picot.
Why have the borders drawn under the agreement caused so much trouble in the middle east?
The borders delineated by the implementation of Sykes-Picot were not reflective of the actual ethnic and religious groups on the ground. Some groups were split between different states, like the Kurds, between French Syria, British Iraq, and Turkey, and some groups were pushed together unnaturally into states like Syria, which houses Alawites, Sunni Muslims, Druze, Christians, and Ismaili Shiite Muslims.
What makes the middle east the middle east?
it is, obviously in the middle of the direction east.
What does Middle East mean?
the term middle east means the middle of the east.
