Originally posted by sonhouse British Mandate? Breaking up the middle east into sectors?
Finally. The secret Skyes-Picot Agreement of 1916 split a large portion of the Middle East into 4 zones named Blue Zone (direct French control), Red Zone (direct British control), A Zone (French influence) and B Zone (British influence).
Originally posted by XanthosNZ Finally. The secret Skyes-Picot Agreement of 1916 split a large portion of the Middle East into 4 zones named Blue Zone (direct French control), Red Zone (direct British control), A Zone (French influence) and B Zone (British influence).
Also totally ignoring any indiginous territories, slapping Kurds under Syrians and Iraqi's, etc.