-"The sick man of Europe": Ottoman Empire breaks up and becomes Turkey -British and French divided up the former Ottoman territories into mandates -They are interested because of the Suez Canal and oil in the region -Sykes-Picot agreement, 1916, gave most of the territory to Britain -Syria and Lebanon to French, Iraq, Tran-Jordan and Palestine to British
Summary
The Ottoman Empire breaks up, and all its former territories are split between Britain and France.