Francois georges picot biography of rory
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Francois Georges-Picot.
During the First World War, the Triple Entente was faced with the very real prospect of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
Eager to secure their interests in the Middle East, the British and the French drew up the Sykes-Picot Agreement to divide the region in the case of victory against the Central Powers.
Francois georges picot biography of rory
Although the Sykes-Picot Agreement was never enacted, it set the framework for the Middle East’s current borders and the name Sykes-Picot has since become synonymous to many with an era of colonial misrule.
Holly Farrell explains.
‘The Sick Man of Europe’: Why did the Allies anticipate the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire?
By the turn of the 20th century the Ottoman Empire, which controlled areas across North Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe, was struggling both economically and militaristically.
The Ottomans became unable to maintain such an extensive bureaucracy and a vast decentralized political structure. Although ref