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Genocide was not considered a crime during that time. The word Genocide was not even created until 1944.

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People were killed in so many different and terrible ways. They killed them by mass burnings, going on death marches, through torture, gas and poison. Children were even loaded into boats, taken out to sea then thrown overboard.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAAq1zSXCug

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z9CeLBi64Q

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When Armenian homes were searched, the women were raped and any belongings that the persecutors wanted were taken

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Death march of Armenian's, through the Mesopotamian desert

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Woman kneels next to her dead child in field 

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Woman kneels next to her dead child in field 

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The Turkish government drafted men into their army. The Armenians cooperated with the Young Turks (the Union) because they use to be on their side and did not know their ambitions. They also took away anything harmful that opposed against the Turks.

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Map of Armenian massacre and deportation

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Map of Armenian massacre and deportation

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Pit of corpses

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Armenians being publicly hung, the Turkish government called it an "extermination of dangerous people"

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Armenian men were stripped of their weapons and denied positions in the Turkish military, all of those who were being oppressed were forced to turn in any weapons. A law was put in place that allowed the government to seize property of Armenian people

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Large militias and 'Butcher Battalions' made up of ex convicts were made into killing units. Also an agency was created take away and redistribute Armenian property. In addition the Turks organized the deportation of the Armenians.

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Turkish government still denies that a genocide every happened. They claim that it was a "relocation of potentially dangerous people".

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Propaganda such as, "Armenians are siding with the enemy" and "They will overthrow Istanbul". Also, intermarrying was forbidden(Armenians could not marry Muslims at that time).

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Victims are separated into different groups and put into camps. Property and goods are seized, Armenian people are forced into labor. Many death marches are happening as the Armenian people are removed out of there homes. Also, mass killing starts to begin and is visible to the people

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Those who were classified, were deported, or killing. Ways of execution included, shootings, gas chambers, and burning.  Villages were burned, children were drowned and sometimes killed under false pretenses, through morphine overdoses or typhoid shots. Some kids were even taken out of school and gassed.

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Armenians were second-class citizens and they were called things like gavours, infidels and unbelievers. They were commonly known as "the enemy" because it was widely believed that they were supporting Russia in the war

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Ahmed Djemal Pasha, Mehmed Talaat Pasha, Ismail Enver Pasha. The three Pashas were rulers of the Ottoman Government during the Armenian Genocide

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During the Armenian Genocide Ottoman Turk were identified as Muslims and Armenians were called non-Muslims and Christians. These categories were to distinguish that the two groups were different

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- Armenians

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Military escorts  accompanied deportees. The deportees were deprived of food and water and subjected to periodic robbery, rape, and massacre. Non-Muslims were not allowed to testify against Muslims, ride horses, have houses near Muslims or practice religious rituals. The consequences were fines, jail and even death.

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The killing of the healthy males through massacre and forced labor, and the deportation of women, children, the elderly, and death marches leading to the Syrian desert

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1.5 million Armenians  were killed between 1915 and 1922

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Period:
1915-1922
Location:
Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
Persia
Types:
- deportation
-mass murder

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By: Olivia, Lindslay, Robert, Jesse