Ottoman empire for centuries. WW1 ended the Ottoman empire. THen it was carved up by Europeans, mainly french and English.
Syria, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and all those areas in that part of the world are recent inventions. Relatively speaking.
>they had names, lol
Naturally they had names, and even governance was loosely tied to Istanbul and the Porte (think Downing Street, D.C. Champs Elysse) . Basically the local Pasha, Sultan, Bey, or whatever was an autonomous ruler and the Ottomans sent an envoy from time to time to collect tribute.
China is the most fucked up place on planet Earth.
>We don't dox Q
True.
But do we even have a say in that?
Also if Q was ever doxxed, I'd bee the fist one typing notable in big red text.