The lost of life is always a tragedy in our history and even worse is the lost of life during a genocide. Many know about the Holocaust and the six million Jews that were killed because the Nazis’ thought that they were a superior race to the Jews‚ but another genocide is the Bosnian Genocide. The Bosnian Genocide was a tragic time period where the attackers the Bosnian Serbs killed thousands of Bosnian Muslims that lived in Siberia. The Serbs thought that they were a superior race and that the Bosnian
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Armenian Genocide Power is a five letter word that continues to exist since the time of creation up until now. It has stirred human emotions from exultations to greed. To be above and be of great power over something or someone is a part of human nature. Power has seen the acquisition of great wealth‚ the growth of empires‚ the birth of nations and heroes. But the search for power has also been the biggest downfall of men. A great example is the Mass Murder of the Ottoman Empire‚ also known as
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Genocide is when a certain racial‚ political or cultural group is being killed. Genocide happens all the time and is not being stopped. The biggest genocide known to man is the genocide that happened during World War 2. The slaughter of 6 million jews in counting by ‚the leader of the nazis‚ Hitler. The world is still facing Genocide even after that tragedy and really nothing is being done about it. There are many groups of people that are apart of a genocide of some kind in the modern day. Syria
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In 1994‚ there was a mass genocide between the Hutus and the Tutsis of Rwanda. Rwanda is located near Uganda‚ Congo‚ and Tanzania. These countries are located in Africa. Due to the location of Rwanda it caused controversy because many countries surrounding it wanted to take control over it. It caused tension between multiple countries and sparked a war which lead to a genocide. There are three groups in Rwanda – Hutu‚ Tutsi‚ and Twa. The Twa group was initially the first group to settle in Rwanda
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Genocide 6 million exterminated. That number rolls off of our tongues as we sit and learn history in the 6th grade‚ or we write a paper on WW1. How about 800‚000 murdered in 100 days‚ while Americans attempted to keep our troops of the conflict yet watched the bloody images daily on CNN. Genocide in our world is something that is impossible to justify or embrace‚ but we must attempt to understand it. It is only through this understanding will we be able to prevent or stop one of the most horrific
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£1:00 Rwandan News The Rwandan genocide started on April the 6th 1994. The horrible genocide lasted about 100 days and approximately 800‚000 people were killed. When the Belgium’s ruled over Rwanda they split the country up into two groups or tribes‚ the Hutus and the Tutsis. When the Belgium’s ruled they put the Tutsi tribe in command. The Tutsis were very cruel and mean to the Hutu tribe‚ but when the Belgium’s left Rwanda they put the Hutu tribe in charge of the country. When the Hutus were
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Armenian Massacres should be considered genocide. More specifically‚ historians argue if the Armenian Massacres were precipitated by Turkish nationalism‚ Armenian rebellion‚ or Western and Russian influence. There are two main opposing views in this argument of genocide‚ the Western view and the Turkish view. The West views these massacres as a genocide carried out by the Ottoman and Turkish governments. Turks argue that these massacres should not be considered genocide and that these massacres were not
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As of 2015‚ Turkey has actively denied The Armenian Genocide for a century. It is only recognised in 26 countries around the world‚ despite its devastating results and apparent evidence‚ Turkey claimed that while it occurred during a time of war‚ the colossal number of death in the Armenian community was simply war‚ not genocide. The Turkish government enforced a law in 2004‚ among a series of actions enacted to counter Armenian genocide recognition and education‚ the government a law in 2004 known
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20th century the biggest and the most known genocide known as the holocaust took place which had very severe affect on this world. By definition a genocide is a “considered massacre or killing of an enormous group of people particularly those of a specific group or country”. There are several other types of cases of genocides which have took place throughout the history. An other example of a genocide that has occurred is the Bosnian Herzegovina genocide. There are some similarities and some differences
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Rwandan Genocide "Genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people‚ especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation." (Genocide) Introduction "In 1994 Rwanda experienced the worst genocide in modern times. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of the Tutsis by the Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. It is considered the most organized genocide of the 20th century. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination
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