▁gain ing ▁control ▁in ▁both ▁territ ories ▁( B rit ain ▁formally ▁an nex ed ▁the ▁still ▁nomin ally ▁Ott oman ▁territ ories ▁of ▁Cy pr us ▁and ▁Egypt ▁on ▁ 5 ▁November ▁ 1 9 1 4 , ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Empire ' s ▁decision ▁to ▁enter ▁World ▁War ▁I ▁on ▁the ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁Central ▁Pow ers .) ▁France , ▁on ▁its ▁part , ▁occupied ▁Tun is ia ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 1 . ▁ ▁The ▁results ▁were ▁first ▁ha iled ▁as ▁a ▁great ▁achiev ement ▁in ▁pe ac em aking ▁and ▁stabil isation . ▁However , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁participants ▁were ▁not ▁fully ▁satisfied , ▁and ▁gr iev ances ▁regarding ▁the ▁results ▁f ester ed ▁until ▁they ▁expl oded ▁into ▁world ▁war ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 4 . ▁Ser bia , ▁Bulg aria ▁and ▁Greece ▁made ▁g ains , ▁but ▁far ▁less ▁than ▁they ▁thought ▁they ▁des erved . ▁The ▁Ott oman ▁Empire , ▁called ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁the ▁" s ick ▁man ▁of ▁Europe ", ▁was ▁hum ili ated ▁and ▁significantly ▁weak ened , ▁rendering ▁it ▁more ▁li able ▁to ▁domestic ▁un rest ▁and ▁more ▁vulner able ▁to ▁attack . ▁Although ▁Russia ▁had ▁been ▁vict orious ▁in ▁the ▁war ▁that ▁occasion ed ▁the ▁conference , ▁it ▁was ▁hum ili ated ▁at ▁Berlin , ▁and ▁res ented ▁its ▁treatment . ▁Austria ▁gained ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁territory , ▁which ▁anger ed ▁the ▁South ▁S lav s , ▁and ▁led ▁to ▁dec ades ▁of ▁t ensions