Sykes–Picot Agreement

secret agreement signed in 1916 between France and the United Kingdom providing for the division of the Middle East at the end of the First World War
Legislation treaty Q211674
Sykes–Picot Agreement
Royal Geographical Society (Map), Mark Sykes & François Georges-Picot (Annotations) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Sykes–Picot Agreement

Summary

Sykes–Picot Agreement is a treaty[1]. It ranks in the top 0.17% of treaty entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,396 views/month, #2 of 1,157).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's image is recorded as MPK1-426 Sykes Picot Agreement Map signed 8 May 1916.jpg[3].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's instance of is recorded as treaty[4].
  • Mark Sykes is named after Sykes–Picot Agreement[5].
  • François Georges-Picot is named after Sykes–Picot Agreement[6].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's GND ID is recorded as 4184184-0[7].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2017063033[8].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's Commons category is recorded as Sykes-Picot Agreement[9].
  • +1916-05-16T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sykes–Picot Agreement[10].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's point in time is recorded as +1916-05-16T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01nf_l[12].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sykes–Picot Agreement[13].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 22091094[14].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's described by source is recorded as Armenian Concise Encyclopedia[15].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's described by source is recorded as Armenian question encyclopedia[16].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[17].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's replaced by is recorded as 1918 Anglo–French Modus Vivendi[18].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as event/Sykes-Picot-Agreement[19].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's BBC Things ID is recorded as d88a4b46-c7e2-40ac-83f8-b2ef638fea19[20].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's signatory is recorded as France[21].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's signatory is recorded as United Kingdom[22].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3528096[23].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's NE.se ID is recorded as sykes-picot-fördraget[24].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID is recorded as accordo-sykes-picot[25].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's De Agostini ID is recorded as Sykes-Picot,+Accòrdo-[26].
  • Sykes–Picot Agreement's TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID is recorded as sykes-picot-antlasmasi[27].

Why It Matters

Sykes–Picot Agreement ranks in the top 0.17% of treaty entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,396 views/month, #2 of 1,157).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Dizionario di Storia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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