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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
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Sykes–Picot Agreement
Royal Geographical Society (Map), Mark Sykes & François Georges-Picot (Annotations) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Sykes–Picot Agreement is a treaty[1]. It ranks in the top 0.17% of treaty entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,502 views/month, #2 of 1,157).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: Mark Sykes[3], François Georges-Picot[4]
  • Commons category: Sykes-Picot Agreement[5]
  • Inception: May 16, 1916[6]
  • Point in time: May 16, 1916[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sykes–Picot Agreement[8]
  • Described by source: Armenian Concise Encyclopedia[9], Armenian question encyclopedia[10], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[11]
  • Replaced by: 1918 Anglo–French Modus Vivendi[12]
  • Signatory: France[13], United Kingdom[14]

Why It Matters

Sykes–Picot Agreement has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

France treaty United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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