I guess that it is a matter of counterfactual history whether the Armenian genocide, or something like it, would have occurred if it were not for the disruption

I guess that it is a matter of counterfactual history whether the Armenian genocide, or something like it, would have occurred if it were not for the disruption of the war. And the seeds for the recent and ongoing trouble in the Middle East were sown in the division of the former Ottoman Empire immediately after the war, as described in David Fromkin's book, "A Peace to end all Peace." (best history-book title ever!) https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/a-peace-to-end-all-peace-creating-the-modern-middle-east-1914-1922_david-fromkin/250587/item/1189259/#isbn=0380713004&idiq=929964 https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/a-peace-to-end-all-peace-creat...