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When the UK and France partitioned The Ottoman Levant, why was the boundary between the British and French zones placed where it was? If the French intended to take the areas with Mediterranean maritime access, why did the UK get Palestine/Transjordan?

by /u/spikebrennan in /r/AskHistorians

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