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1. Ottoman Empire- An Empire ruling most of Southwest Asia from the 1300’s to WWI

2. Artificial Political Boundary-Territory Lines that are usually created by an outside country without considering the needs of the people.

3. Partition- Divisions or separation lines.

Fall of the Ottoman Empire and Conflict in SW Asia

Ottoman Empire’s Lands

Reasons for the Decline of an Empire

• Ottomans’ technology began to fall behind Europe

• When the Ottoman Empire reached it’s height, other empires:– attacked the Ottomans– conflicts arose within the Empire

Fighting causes the Empire to lose land

Map of Lost Ottoman Land

Ottoman Empire & WWI• Ottoman Empire enters WWI

hoping to regain (get back) some of their “lost” empire.

• Unfortunately, the Ottomans picked the losing side of the war. (Central Powers)

• In 1917, when the war was over, France and Britain (Allied Powers-who won the war) agreed on how to divide up the Ottoman Empire.

Results of WWI & PartitioningWhen the Ottomans and the rest of the Central Powers lost…

– The government of the Ottoman Empire was ended

– Turkey was created out of the Ottoman Empire

– Previously Ottoman lands were given to France (Fr.) and Britain (Br.).• Br. And Fr. partitioned (divided) the Middle

East into countries: Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, etc,

• CREATES ARTIFICIAL POLITICAL BORDERS – that did not necessarily reflect the natural divisions in the regions- blended ethnic and religious groups.

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