World War I, “the war to end all wars,” raged from 1914 to 1918, killing more than 8,500. 000 people and the injury of over 20,000,000. Known at the time as the “Great War,” the war seemed to have come out of nowhere to the peoples of Europe; as the continent had been in an era of unprecedented peace. Tensions had been rising years before the outbreak as alliances formed. The Triple Entente formed after Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire created the Central Powers, consisted of Great Britain, France and Russia. These two alliances would gain strength as nations aligned with the two. By the end of the war, over 100 nations would be involved. Ultimately the Triple Entente would emerge victorious, destroying empires and giving rise to many new nations. The lands of the Ottoman Empire were divided to form many of the nations currently found in the Middle East. German claims in the Pacific and East Asia would be handed over to the Japanese to govern. For centuries the Ottoman Empire had dominated the Middle East and at its peak was one of the most technologically advanced and powerful countries in the world, attempting to knock the Ottoman Empire out of war. the British would initiate talks with Hussein Bin Ali and other influential tribal leaders, the British promised a pan-Arab nation state, including all non-Turkish territory of the Ottoman Empire, at the war's conclusion in exchange for an all-out Arab revolt. With mounting military losses and an Arab revolt, the Ottomans eventually surrendered. With the Ottomans forced to cede much of their lands to Britain and France at the end of the war, the empire died. The English and the French were... center of paper... the end of the First World War. Many of the countries formed in the Middle East after World War I would have had territorial disputes over their lands and beliefs. These disputes are still widely active today and still cause conflict in the region. With the Japanese gaining control of German territory in East Asia, this would cause disputes between the two countries. After the war the world would never be the same as people would seek to prevent a war from happening again. This would lead to the formation of the “League of Nations” which was basically an early version of the United Nations, but would fail in its goal. The “League of Nations” could be held responsible for causing World War II as its failure to act promptly could be considered the reason why Hitler's Nazi Germany would be able to invade so many countries with little or no assistance..