Immediately after the end of World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, European countries increased their involvement in Middle Eastern political and economic affairs. Which of these BEST explains how this change took place? A) European people moved there to take advantage of the better climate. B) European Jews were fleeing the expansion and oppression of the Germany government. C) European governments were able to establish peace in the region for the first time in decades. D) European powers drew up new political borders in the region without consulting political, cultural, or historic realities.

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Dixie Steele

19 June, 03:55

Immediately after the end of World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, European countries increased their involvement in Middle Eastern political and economic affairs. Which of these BEST explains how this change took place? A) European people moved there to take advantage of the better climate. B) European Jews were fleeing the expansion and oppression of the Germany government. C) European governments were able to establish peace in the region for the first time in decades. D) European powers drew up new political borders in the region without consulting political, cultural, or historic realities.

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Lea Hicks · Answer 1

D. because the French and British, promise the arabs a united arab state, yet they colonized, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine (Israel), and Kuwait. they lumped together the Kurdish, with both the Sunni and Shia Muslims in Iraq, they lumped together the Shia and Catholic Lebanese, with the Syrians (they got independence) and Israelis, flocked over to palistine. all this, is the cause of today's problems. from muslims flocking to Europe, to islamic extremeism, to the Israeli palistinian conflict, etc.

Braxton Duncan · Answer 2

D.

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European powers drew up new political borders in the region without consulting political, cultural, or historic realities. This would cause immense conflict in the years to come, not just in the Middle East but in Africa, as well.