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British foreign policy in the Middle East has involved multiple considerations, particularly over the last two and a half centuries. These included maintaining access to British India, blocking Russian or French threats to that access, protecting the Suez Canal, supporting the declining Ottoman Empire against Russian threats, guaranteeing an oil supply after 1900 from Middle East fields ...
A map showing the partition of the Ottoman Empire as a result of the Treaty of Sèvres. August 10 The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Sèvres with the Allied powers (except the US, which never declared war on Turkey). The treaty partitions the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish armed forces are reduced in size. Greece did not accept the borders ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Palestine 1920–1948 Flag Public Seal Mandatory Palestine in 1946 Status Mandate of the United Kingdom Capital Jerusalem Common languages Arabic, English, Hebrew Religion (1922) 78% Islam 11% Judaism 10% Christianity 1% other including Baháʼí Faith, Druze faith Demonym(s) Palestinian High ...
The foreign relations of the Ottoman Empire were characterized by competition with the Persian Empire to the east, Russia to the north, and Austria to the west. The control over European minorities began to collapse after 1800, with Greece being the first to break free, followed by Serbia. Egypt was lost in 1798–1805.
The Ottoman Empire had been the leading Islamic state in geopolitical, cultural, and ideological terms. The partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after the war led to the domination of the Middle East by Western powers such as Britain and France, and saw the creation of the modern Arab world and the Republic of Turkey.
The Ottoman Empire [k] (/ ˈ ɒ t ə m ə n / ⓘ), also called the Turkish Empire, [23] [24] was an imperial realm [l] that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
British Empire France Italy Russian Empire Austria-Hungary (until 12 April 1898) German Empire (until 16 March 1898) Ottoman Empire: British victory. Establishment of the Cretan State. Withdraw of Ottoman forces from Crete. Benin Expedition of 1897 (1897) United Kingdom Kingdom of Benin: British victory: Second Samoan Civil War (1898–1899)
Construction of the first railway line in Turkey began in 1856, being constructed by a British company that had gained permission from the Ottoman Empire. Later, French and German companies also constructed lines – the motivation was not only economic, the region had a strategically important position as a trade route between Europe and Asia. [2]