The Arabian Peninsula and Mesopotamia would become home to numerous Arab kingdoms after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.\u00a0 Bordering Iran and Egypt, Britain helped maintain their security.\u00a0 Each ruler jealously guarded his territory from the others, and they began to squabble over land.\u00a0 Britain had been able to complete their promise to individual rulers, but the united Arab state died a stillbirth in the fires of the desert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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