Salem on History | Armenians Suffer Genocide During World War I

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Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History, Terrorism
Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Wars, Battles, World War I, Empires, Dynasties, Ottoman Empire, Human Rights, Violence, Massacres, Genocide, Torture
Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History, Middle Eastern History
Geographical Location: Middle East, Armenia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Central Asia
Date: 1915 to early 1920’s

Article abstract: The genocide of nearly one million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire was a carefully orchestrated plan by that government and its officials to provide a final solution to the Armenian question.

Summary of Event

Several factors contributed to the massacre of close to one million Armenians in Turkey during World War I. The Ottoman Empire was in rapid decline in the latter half of the nineteenth century. European powers, notably the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and (after 1871) Germany gradually severed various parts of the once-great...

Salem on History | Armenians Suffer Genocide During World War I

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Summary of Event

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