It redrew the world map ... Empire became Germany, and Germany lost substantial territory outside Europe. For more information about the history of World War I, visit The National WWI Museum ...

In this documentary, we explore how the Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers in World War I, forming a strategic alliance with the German Empire. We examine how Kaiser Wilhelm II sought to use the ...

right), in which the two powers basically drew the map of the modern Middle East over the decaying Ottoman Empire. The final draft of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, drawn up by Cambon on May 9 and ...

In 1916, French diplomat Francois Georges-Picot and his British counterpart, Sir Mark Sykes, drew up a map dividing the Ottoman Empire's Middle Eastern territory between British and French zones ...

The Europeans, who had colonized much of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century ... With the onset of WWI, the French and the British sent armies and agents into the Middle East, to foment ...

The conflict came to an end amidst the Brest-Litovsk Treaty and Russia’s exit from WWI. However, the Ottoman Empire’s regional enemies, Armenia and Azerbaijan, eventually opted to join the ...

It redrew the world map ... Empire became Germany, and Germany lost substantial territory outside Europe. For more information about the history of World War I, visit The National WWI Museum ...