For example, there are the constant reminders that external powers – most notably, the United Kingdom and France – established the existing borders. Resistance against the so-called Sykes-Picot order nurtured the founding myths of many states and political movements in the region.
比如，外部势力——主要是英国和法国——一直在决定现有边界的构成。对所谓的赛克斯-皮科特秩序（Sykes-Picot order）的反对孕育了该地区众多国家和政治运动的先声。