The Middle East
Subject:
World History [1]
A) The First World War and the Arab Revolt
1. Ottoman empire became weak at 19th century
2. Turkish patriots wanted to keep the Ottoman empire together
-Lost territories in Europe in the Balkan war
-Expanded into Syra, Iraq, Palestine
3. Ethnic divisions within Ottoman Empire
-Arabs and Turkey do not get along
-Turkish Nationalists want to unite Ottoman empire under Turkish rule
-Turkish patriots slaughter thousands of Armenian Christians
4. Turks gain strong links with Germans; Austria - Hungary
-Germany helped huild Turkish infrastructure
-Turkish want to rival Russians -- Ally with Germany
5. Arabs gain support from the British
-Hussein ibn-Ali refuses call from the Ottoman Turk's sultan to attack France-England.