Imperialism is the idea of a country forcefully gaining ideas, resources, and people from another country or territory. Imperialism brought many ideas and inventions, but there were also adverse effects. Many attributes like racism, infrastructure, and war were used to gain more territory. One of the pros of imperialism was the advancements in infrastructure. In document 1 the author references the banks giving loans to build railways and streamlines.
Genocide is the act of mass murdering groups of people because of someone 's disliking. In other words getting rid of people or stop their existence,mostly because of their religion, ethnic, or race. One of the most atrocious ones was the Armenian Genocide(April 24,1915-1916), in which 1.5 million of the Armenian population, living in the Ottoman Empire were either deported or killed. During this time,the Turkish government had planned the genocide to get rid of the entire Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire(which was one of the largest empires to rule on the border of the Mediterranean Sea) because they feared that the Armenian community would join their enemy troops during WWI in 1915.
“It is generally not known in the world that, in the years preceding 1916, there was a concerted effort to eliminate all the Armenian people, probably one of the greatest tragedies that ever befell any group. And there weren’t any Nuremberg trials”(Carter, 1987). Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States, said this quote at the White House reception honoring Armenian Americans in May of 1978. It shows how little is known about the Armenian Genocide and that the survivors never received closure like the Holocaust survivors did with the Nuremberg Trials. During the Armenian Genocide, which lasted from 1915 until 1916, 1.2 million Armenians were brutally murdered.
The Armenian Genocide By:Diona Mehmeti Due to the decline in the Ottoman Empire’s power and influence they sided with Germany and Austria in WWI as a final hope to regain what they had lost. The Ottoman Empire was mostly Muslim but had a small Christian population, the Armenians. A very nationalistic group in the Ottoman Empire known as the Young Turks began to want the empire to be “modernized and be cleansed”. They believed that in order to make the Ottoman Empire pure, that they must get rid of the Armenians.
The Armenian Genocide caused generations of pain and loss of the rich heritage of the Armenians. Not only did the genocide cause major human losses, but also caused a major psychological and moral blow at the attempt to exterminate the Armenian nation from the root. The Armenian Genocide resulted with around 1.5 million Armenians massacred, with only around half a million surviving the genocide. The loss of family, friends and the Armenian community, the genocide had a staggering blow on the Armenian race. The survivors escaped with merely their lives and the horrid memories of the cruel and inhumane nature of the Young Turks.
Throughout the battles of human history, the echoes of religious conflict reverberate through the foundation of human society. Wars fueled by religious favor claimed superiority over another. Well, such conflicts are ancient; the heinous act of genocide that delivers systematic extermination of an entire group of people is a more recent phenomenon that has caused darkness and shadow over the past century. One of the most infamous examples of genocide occurred during the Holocaust, a period from 1933 to 1945 when Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime orchestrated the mass murders of 6 million Jews in Nazi-controlled Europe (Holocaust Museum). Adolf Hitler and his followers scapegoated the Jewish people for Germany's economic problems following their defeat.
The discard of the genocide has greatly affected the Armenian people and has made this event even more devastating for them; knowing that their ancestor’s deaths will not be recognized or
In both the Armenian Genocide and The Holocaust, dehumanization and organization were significant processes on the way to eventual extermination of the targeted minority groups. Despite more people knowing about the atrocities of the Holocaust than the Armenian Genocide, the Armenian Genocide formulated the steps to genocide which would be nearly perfected by the Nazis. The most significant steps in the Holocaust, as well as the Armenian Genocide, is the dehumanization of the oppressed peoples and organization of the oppressors. The Dehumanization of Armenians and Jews caused the oppressors to justify their committed crimes. Furthermore, the organization of Nazis to form labor camps to put jews in, caused jewish extermination to be only steps
How many people really die in a genocide? The answer, millions. The Holocaust, Rwandan Genocide, and Armenian Genocide are among the many genocides which have killed a countless number of people. The Holocaust, one of the biggest genocides in the world killed around 5,900,000 to 11,000,000. The Rwandan Genocide killed from 500,000 to 1,000,000 people, while the Armenian Genocide killed 800,000 to 180,000.
The two genocides I researched are very similar. It was two groups of people killed based upon not only their religious beliefs but who they were as people. The holocaust and the Armenian genocide was a result of the government taking it upon themselves to eliminate the Armenians and the Jews to ethnically cleanse their nations. Both the Nazis and the Turks started with propaganda by demonizing them and viewing them as enemies. They than took away their rights, weapons, homes, etc., and finally isolated them into ghettos, concentrations camps, or into hiding.
100 years ago, the attempted annihilation of an entire race known as the Armenian genocide began. From 1914 - 1922, the massacres perpetrated by the government of Young Turks and later the Kemalist government aimed to eliminate all Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire (Armenian Genocide Museum - Institute). A population which had lived in the same region for centuries suddenly became nearly extinct. As for the cause, the outbreak of World War I provided the Young Turks an opportunity to solve the “Armenian question.” The Armenian question refers to the defence and liberty as well as fair treatment of Armenians during the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire (United Human Rights Council).
In contrast, there are many forged documents attributed to the Armenian genocide. Lastly, the Armenian genocide and the Holocaust are divergent in their recognition by the world, the treatment of the oppressed group, and credibility of its
The remaining survivors immediately dispersed and settled down on two dozen countries across the world. Regardless of this brutal massacre that took place, Turkey, to this very day, continuously refuses to acknowledge that this genocide happened. The Turkish Republic adopted a policy to eliminate the charge of genocide and deny any claim of their desire to exterminate the Armenian population in 1923, the year that Turkey officially received international recognition as a Republic. As gruesome as it was, the “Armenian Question” (genocide) was quickly forgotten in the history of
`“Elie Wiesel has said that denial is the final phase of genocide, a second killing.” (Atamian 23) And with that statement I must agree. The Armenians Genocide happened, that is a fact. 1.5 million Armenians died at the hands of the Ottoman Empire (Atamian 23).
Mama, I’m thirsty. Mama, I cannot walk,” this shows us how the turks used starvation as a method to murdering the Armenians. And even when these innocent children were begging for help, they refused and fulfilled their orders. Finally a survivor’s testimony “my dream cannot mourn” she states vartoughy And brother were the only two members of her family to survive the 600 mile journey to deir ezzor in the Syrian desert, where they Were abandoned.” Death marches were an easy way to get rid of the Armenians because there would be no evidence that the Turks murder Death marches were an easy way to get rid of the Armenians because there would be no evidence that turks murdered them.
