Happy 100th Birthday Middle East

POSTED BY: JEWELSTAITEFAN
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 04:41
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JEWELSTAITEFAN

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 4:41 AM

Yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, which divided up the modern Middle East between Britain and France, following the anticipated defeat of the Ottoman Empire.

16 May, 1916.

In 1918 the Ottoman Empire fell, during WWI, or THE World War, or The War To End All Wars.

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