attention to ethnic distribution germans were now living in poland and czechoslovakia and gary ns in romania and serbs croats and slovenes in yugoslavia these ethnic groups have lived together more or less peacefully in the australian garion empire. the ottoman empire had been home to a diverse mix of ethnic and religious groups including out of. the treaty of seven signed in one nine hundred twenty outlines the breakup of the empire and the creation of a new state that would mainly include ethnic terror. formal ottoman territory in the middle east would be divided between france and britain france was given a league of nations mandate to govern lebanon and syria. a