Sykes–Picot Agreement

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The Sykes–Picot Agreement was a secret 1916 accord between Britain and France, with Russian assent, that planned the post–World War I partition of the Ottoman Empire’s Middle Eastern territories into spheres of influence.

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Generate an image of the Sykes–Picot Agreement (The Sykes–Picot Agreement was a secret 1916 accord between Britain and France, with Russian assent, that planned the post–World War I partition of the Ottoman Empire’s Middle Eastern territories into spheres of influence.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I–era diplomatic agreement ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
secret treaty ⓘ
appliesTo Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
countryAffected Iraq ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Transjordan ⓘ
linked to: Jordan

Turkey ⓘ
createdSphereOfInfluenceFor France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateSigned 1916 ⓘ
fullName Asia Minor Agreement ⓘ
hasCriticism accused of ignoring ethnic and sectarian realities ⓘ
seen as symbol of Western imperialism in the Middle East ⓘ
historicalImpact contributed to later Arab disillusionment with Allied promises ⓘ
shaped modern borders in the Middle East ⓘ
influenced League of Nations mandates in the Middle East ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
leakDate 1917 ⓘ
leakedBy Bolshevik government ⓘ
legalForm diplomatic correspondence ⓘ
namedAfter François Georges-Picot ⓘ
Mark Sykes ⓘ
negotiatedBy François Georges-Picot ⓘ
Mark Sykes ⓘ
precedes San Remo Conference ⓘ
providedFor international administration of Palestine ⓘ
publicationOutlet Pravda ⓘ
purpose division of spheres of influence between Britain and France ⓘ
partition of Ottoman Empire territories in the Middle East ⓘ
regionAllocatedToBritain Iraq ⓘ
Jordan Valley ⓘ
Persian Gulf hinterland ⓘ
regionAllocatedToFrance Lebanon ⓘ
coastal Syria ⓘ
parts of southeastern Turkey ⓘ
relatedTo Balfour Declaration ⓘ
Hussein–McMahon Correspondence ⓘ
signedBy France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
signedDuring World War I ⓘ
status secret at time of conclusion ⓘ
supportedBy Russian Empire ⓘ
typeOfDivision spheres of influence ⓘ

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Treaties of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Sykes–Picot Agreement 1916 ⓘ
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Arab Revolt → relatedTo → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ
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George Antonius → analyzed → the Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ
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The Arab Awakening → examines → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ
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Asia Minor Agreement → alsoKnownAs → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ
Asia Minor Agreement → alsoKnownAs → Sykes-Picot Agreement ⓘ
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linked to: Sykes–Picot Agreement
British Empire in the Middle East → shapedBy → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ
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Government of Mesopotamia → influencedBy → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ
San Remo Oil Agreement → follows → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ
French occupation of Cilicia → cause → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ