Lawrence of Arabia was a british soldier. He went to the Middle East to find a leader for an Arab revolt. Lawrence was a strong encourager of Arab nationalism, which helped weaken the Ottoman Empire. He worked closely with Prince Faisal, who became the leader of the Arab revolts. Prince Faisal believed he would become the leader of an Arab country after World War I. Though he was later rejected at the Paris Peace Conference. With the help of Faisal, Lawrence successfully distracted the Ottomans from fighting the British with his attacks on them.
The Treaty of Sevres was the end of World War I for the Ottomans. It divided the Ottoman Empire up and forced the Kurds into separate countries. it was then rejected by Mustafa Kemal and leads to the War of Independence. The war for independence was to remove western occupation and influence. This leads to the Treaty of Lausanne, which divided the Ottoman Empire a second time. Mustafa then created the Declaration of Independence. He later agrees to the Spheres of Influence, which was an area which another country has the power to control some of it.
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They were willing to go to for war the oil in the region. This also developed terrorism to reject the foreign control. This played a role in the Sykes-Picot agreement. This agreement was one that split up the Middle East between France and Britain, into Spheres of Influence. This angered the Middle East and caused Britain and France to be viewed as greedy. It was also a major factor that lead to the War of Independence. After the Sykes-Picot Agreement was made, the League of Nations made mandates that gave the former Central Power lands to the Allied Powers. they believed that the Middle East was not yet ready to govern