The first long-term cause of the Armenian Genocide was the tension between the Turks and the Armenians. The Armenian people had made their home in the region of modern day Turkey for around 3000 years. Armenia had reasonable amounts of independance for periods of time for example in the 4th century AD, Armenia became the first nation in the world to make Christianity the official religion of the country. In the 15th century, Armenia united with the Ottoman Empire, in the broadest sense of the term
shelter. Hundreds of thousands of Armenians eventually succumbed or were killed .” said David Fromkin in The Peace to End All Peace book. Indeed, in the beginning of 1914, the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire was approximately 2,5 million against some fewer than 400.000 by 1922. the debate of whether or not this was a genocide is still going on today, a century later. In the present Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, the word genocide means any act committed with intent
Henry Morgenthau was the US Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during the Armenian Genocide. While stationed there he had a personal connection with Talaat Pasha (Minister of Interior and one of the leaders of Young Turks of the then Ottoman Empire). It can be held that Morgenthau is depicted as a prominent figure in this quest for the truth. When the news of the deportations/massacres came to the ears of the Ambassador he tried unsuccessfully to intervene. "I argued in all sorts of ways with him
Analysis of the Armenian Genocide The Ottoman Empire had been in a steady decline for years and a new government and identified a problem, the Armenians, to blame. In an attempt to solve their problem, the Ottoman Turks attempted to exterminate the entire Armenian population, known as genocide, as the solution. However, the Turks deny the existence of a genocide and claim it was a civil war between the Armenians and themselves. Despite claiming the Armenian Genocide was a civil war, it is clear that
The twentieth century will always be remembered for the genocide that occurred by Adolf Hitler in the 1940s, when millions of innocent Jews and other civilians were murdered across Europe. Some holocaust skeptics still believe that such a genocide couldn't have happened. Like the Hol-ocaust, the lesser-known Armenian genocide erupted on April 24th, 1915, in which such an atrocity may or may not have been on such a mastermind scale as of Hitler’s. Historically, Arme-nians came from Anatolia around
In 1944 Raphael Lemkin created the term Genocide. He said that when talking about genocide, it does not always mean the complete destruction of a nation, only when you use mass killings of all the people of the particular nation. Genocide’s true meaning is a coordinated and well plan actions with one main goal. The destruction of key points of life for the groups, with the goal of devastating the groups totally. The magnitude of so much pain would be a complete Wipeout of the political and social
individuals feel extreme devotion and patriotism to their country, ultranationalist sentiments and individuals may begin to develop condescending attitudes to a specific minority group. Through these self-conceited attitudes, crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes become more prominent due to the desire to achieve personal beliefs and values. Peer pressure has motivated ordinary people to commit such crimes due to influences from indoctrination, scapegoating, and through the use of force and
Norman M. Naimark argued that the causes of the conflict between ethnic groups was a culmination of world wars, fascism, and the rocky leadership of Tito. World War two played a huge role in the conflict, as groups claimed to be fighting other groups using names such as SS and Ustashas. Nationalist groups fighting to gain territory were claiming this war as “ a continuation of a second world war”. Serbian and Croatian groups sought independence and a recognized identity In Bosnia. The elite leaders
Prologue: Describe the arrival of the first Europeans to the Congo. The arrival of the first Europeans to the Congo was in the year 1491, the ManiKongo greeted the first Europeans the Portuguese warmly.As soon as the Europeans arrived they started to build their own churches and mission schools (Hoschschild 8-9). Chapter 1: Who were Stanley and Livingstone? David Livingstone was a prospector, physician, explorer, missionary to the British he was a hero .He went on an exploration