sentences:  Moreover, in comparison to European powers such as Britain and France which had managed to colonize almost all of the Arab World after defeating the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the United States was popular and respected among the Arabs, for having brought modern medicine, and setting up educational institutions in several Arab nations.The US had also provided the Arab World with highly skilled petroleum engineers.Thus, there were some connections which were made between the United States and the Arab World, before the Second World War.