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Armenia Armenia is located in the middle east right above Iran and to the right of turkey.

Armenia Armenia is located in the middle east right above Iran and to the right of turkey. Viewers discretion is advised !!!. Who was killing who? The Gov. was killing off the Armenian people who were the minority of the country.

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Armenia Armenia is located in the middle east right above Iran and to the right of turkey.

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  1. Armenia Armenia is located in the middle east right above Iran and to the right of turkey.

  2. Viewers discretion is advised !!! Who was killing who? The Gov. was killing off the Armenian people who were the minority of the country.

  3. Armenia was under Turkish rule and the Armenians wanted more civil rights and the sultan/ government took it as a threat.

  4. Methods Of Mayhem • Mass Burnings- The most infamous incident is a village of 5,000 Armenian being gathered and burned alive. • Drowning- They would most often take a boat full of women and children out into the ocean, and throw them all overboard. • Death Marches- Most often this occurred outside of the Syrian town of Deirez-Zor. It was mostly surrounded by desert. Throughout the march the commander would encourage his men to harass, rape, and beat the Armenians trailing behind them. • Extermination Camps- It is believed there were 25 extermination camps in effect during the Genocide. Most of them were used for mass graves.

  5. How many people were killed in the Armenian Genocide? It was estimated at about 1.5 million were killed in the Armenian genocide.

  6. When did the Armenian Genocide occur? It started after WWI or in 1915-1923

  7. How does it fit the definition of a genocide? The Ottoman government killed at around an estimated 1.5 million of their Armenian subjects.

  8. How did the international community react to the Armenian Genocide? The internation community condemned the genocide. The Allied victors demanded, after the war, that the Ottoman government prosecute the Young Turks occused of wartime crimes. however, nothing was ever really done.

  9. Works cited http://www.armenian-genocide.org/genocidefaq.html http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_the_world_react_to_the_Armenian_genocide http://www.history.com/topics/armenian-genocide http://www.armenian-genocide.org/genocidefaq.html Wikipedia

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