“Why border lines drawn with a ruler in WW1 still rock the Middle East” was written in 2013 by Tarek Osman of BBC news. This article relates to the readers exactly why the borders are where they are in the Middle East, and how it is affecting them. To start off, the lines were drawn by two men, Sykes who is from Britain and Picot who is from France. These men apparently had immense knowledge of the Middle East, yet the lines that they drew did not attribute to that. Both countries, Britain and France, believed that their ideas were better, and that the Middle East would fare better underneath their control. One problem with this is that these men drew these lines, giving Britain and France control over certain regions, without the Arabs having
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Because of Britain not following up on their agreement, many of the people in the Middle East began to wage warThe second problem is that these lines were straight, and did not consider the religious, cultural, or political views of the people groups they were splitting up or putting together with their lines. For example, the Levant should have been broken into sections based on where the majority of Christians, Islams, and Jews resided in. Because these territories were not divided how they should have been, there are internal problems that occur in the regions. Another dilemma that occurred because of these straight lines being drawn is the brutality that has come out of it. Whenever a country takes over a region, they expect that region to adapt to their own standards and values so that they will be less likely to rise up and revolt. The way that the countries caused these newly developed regions to obey, is usually by brute force. The third complication that arose is identity struggle amongst the Arabs. Because of the split, they struggle between being nationalistic for their country or focusing on their main religion –
Because of Britain not following up on their agreement, many of the people in the Middle East began to wage warThe second problem is that these lines were straight, and did not consider the religious, cultural, or political views of the people groups they were splitting up or putting together with their lines. For example, the Levant should have been broken into sections based on where the majority of Christians, Islams, and Jews resided in. Because these territories were not divided how they should have been, there are internal problems that occur in the regions. Another dilemma that occurred because of these straight lines being drawn is the brutality that has come out of it. Whenever a country takes over a region, they expect that region to adapt to their own standards and values so that they will be less likely to rise up and revolt. The way that the countries caused these newly developed regions to obey, is usually by brute force. The third complication that arose is identity struggle amongst the Arabs. Because of the split, they struggle between being nationalistic for their country or focusing on their main religion –