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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Ottoman_alliance

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This alliance between Germany and The Ottoman Empire was for the Ottoman Empire’s Military to become more powerful and for Germany to have easy access ess to British countries.

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https://www.britannica.com/event/Treaty-of-Sevres

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This treaty was signed in 1920 between strong European countries and the Ottoman Empire where the Ottoman Empire meets its end and begins to lose land to the European countries. This effects the Middle East as now The Ottoman empire is being defeated and overpowered.

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Contributors to Wikimedia projects. 2004. “Enver Pasha - Wikipedia.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. March 9, 2004. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enver_Pasha.

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“Armistice of Mudros.” n.d. Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://www.britannica.com/event/Armistice-of-Mudros.

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İsmail Enver also known as Enver Pasha, was a significant person during World War 1 in the middle East. He was an Ottoman military officer, "and formed one-third of the dictatorial triumvirate known as the "Three Pashas". -Daniela Gor

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Contributors to Wikimedia projects. 2013. “Economic History of World War I - Wikipedia.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. November 7, 2013. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_World_War_I.

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The Arab revolt in 1916 was a military uprising against the Ottoman. The aim of this  revolt  empire was to create a single unified and independent Arab state stretching from Aleppo in Syria to Aden in Yemen, which the British had promised to recognize. The Arab military fought along side the British due to an agreement to  become independent.

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Map of British and French Mandates in 1920

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The Middle East was mostly controlled by the ottoman empire and suffered majorly as the war impacted the middle east socially as the people were constantly being terrorized going through disease and famine as Europe was at war with the ottoman empire.

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The British at that time had control over India and parts of Africa and with these armies, they campaigned through the middle east. There were five main campaigns: the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, the Mesopotamian Campaign, the Caucasus Campaign, the Persian Campaign, and the Gallipoli Campaign.

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Before WW1  The Ottoman Empire owned all off the land and had a thriving empire. Until WW1 hits all of the European countries took over countries like Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine. The boundaries of each country completely changed and new countries were created. The way the middle east looks now was completely based off what happend during WW1

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During ww1, the Turks, Kurds, Armenians,
Arabs were directly affected by the war since many of the young men in these countries fought on behalf of the ottoman empire.

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During ww1 the Ottoman empire joined the war but in 1914 it was defeated and taken over by many different powers in europe.

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The GDP was affected by the war greatly, it had "declined by 9.5 percent over the period 1914 to 1920..", because of the war and all the economy going down hill. Countries didn't make their own income which also played a significant role in this downfall.

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"Armistice of Mudros, (Oct. 30, 1918), pact signed at the port of Mudros, on the Aegean island of Lemnos, between the Ottoman Empire and Great Britain (representing the Allied powers) marking the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I (1914–18)." It was very important economically for the countries because that's when big things happened everything changed for the Middle East. Now that the Middle East, broke from that they were able to create there own economies and continue, many different things.

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The Middle East economy was effected greatly during WW1. The major issues consisted off "a contraction in growth, higher inflation and a weakened financial system." This all came in act through many events, and because of the fall of the Ottoman Empire, new Middle Eastern countries formed. Which created new economies through out the middle east, like Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Syria.