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around the eastern Mediterranean coast to the Indus valley  \n􀂅 Includes Afghanistan, Persia (Iran), and the Turkish empire  \n􀂆 Ottoman Turks defeated in World War I  \n􀂄 Ottoman lands administered by the League of Nations  \n􀂅 Rich oil reserves  \nBRITISH INTERESTS  \n􀂅 Suez Canal in Egypt, 1869  \n􀂆 Short route between Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean  \n􀂆 Egypt independent from Great Britain in 1922  \n􀂄 But British controlled canal until 1960s  \n􀂅 Mandates following World War I – under the League of Nations  \n􀂆 Mesopotamia – Iraq  \n􀂆 Palestine – Israel  \n􀂄 Included Transjordan (Jordan)  \n􀂅 Kuwait  \n􀂆 Declared by invading Britons after World War I to be an“independent sheikdom under British protectorate”  \n􀂆 Independent in 1961  \nFRENCH INTERESTS  \n􀂅 French mandates (1923-1944) under the League of Nations  \n􀂆 Syria  \n􀂆 Lebanon  \nRUSSIAN INTERESTS  \n􀂅 Russians (Soviets after 1917) sought control of Constantinople (Istanbul)  \n􀂆 Warm-water port linking the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea  \n􀂅 Acquisition and control of territory in Caucasus and  \nCentral Asia  \nIstanbul, 1922  \nGERMAN INTERESTS  \n􀂅 Berlin-to-Baghdad Railroad  \n􀂆 If thoroughly completed, it would have allowed transport from Germany, through Iraqi oil fields, to port on the Persian Gulf  \n􀂆 Route completed between Berlin and Baghdad by  \nCONFLICTS BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA  \n􀂅 Russia attempted moving into Afghanistan, India (Pakistan), and Persia (Iran)  \n􀂅 Afghanistan – ruled by Great Britain until independent in 1919  \n􀂅 India (including Pakistan)– ruled by Great Britain until independent in 1947  \n􀂅 1907 – compromise over Persia (Iran)  \n􀂆 Northern third – Russian sphere of influence  \n􀂆 Southeastern third – British sphere of influence  \n􀂆 Remaining middle third – “no man’s land”  \n􀂆 Never colonized but lost territory to Russia and Britain during the Qajar era (1794-1925)  \nReview Questions  \n􀂅 What two native empires ruled the Middle East and 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