可以信手拈来的两个例子是1916年英法两国瓜分中东的《赛克斯-皮科协定 》 ， 以及1919年为巴尔干地区划分了国界的《凡尔赛条约 》 。
Two examples that immediately come to mind are the 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement between Britain and France, which carved up the Middle East, and the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, which established national borders in the Balkans.