Microsoft Word maps-in-time doc

Yemen:
In 1918, after the collapse of Ottoman authority in the region, the 
Kingdom of Yemen is created from northern Yemen. 
Kuwait:
Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1919, the Ottoman 
protectorate, Kuwait, is taken under British protection. 
Palestine:
In 1920, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Palestine is 
made into a League of Nations mandate to be administered by Britain. 
Syria:
In 1920 the League of Nations hands over the Levant region of the 
former Ottoman Empire. France administers the region as Greater Syria. 
Trans-Jordan:
In 1920, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Trans-
Jordan region is made into a League of Nations mandate to be administered by 
Britain. 
Turkey:
Between 1920 and 1922, following the collapse of the Ottoman 
Empire and internal protest at the terms of the initial peace settlement, a 
nationalist movement led by Kemal Ataturk deposes the rump Ottoman 
regime. Following the 1922 Chanak crisis, the boundaries of modern day 
Turkey are set with the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne. 

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Saudi Arabia:
Between 1924 and 1925 Ibn Saud seizes the Hejaz region 
Mesopotamia:
In 1921 the British Mandate of Mesopotamia is created from 
the Ottoman provinces of Basra and Baghdad. The Ottoman province of Mosul 
is added in 1926. 
Egypt:
In 1922 Egypt gains independence from Britain. 
Lebanon:
In 1926 Lebanon is formed from the French Mandate of Greater 
Syria and made into a French colony. 
Italian North Africa:
In 1927 Libya, the Italian colony in North Africa, is split 
into Italian Cyrenaica and Italian Tripolitania. 

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