Genocides in History by Georgia Shaw28

Destruction of Carthage

glshaw28_2 — 2023-11-02 18:50:07 UTC

In 146 bce the Romans attacked Carthage, seeking revenge for past wars and the rich farmland surrounding the city. Within seven days, of the 112,000 people present in the city, 62,000 were killed, and 50,000 more were enslaved. Only 17,000 of the 40,000 Romans present were killed. The defeat was total, and absolutely no evidence of their civilization remained, including spreading tons and tons of salt over the city to prevent their crops from growing and leaving evidence of their existance.

Bangladesh Massacre

glshaw28_2 — 2023-11-03 14:47:41 UTC

In 1971 after their separation after independence from Britain in 1947. East Pakistan's population was primarily made up of Bengali people, who weren't happy to be treated in the marginalized way that they were. In 1970, with lots of local support, Bengali nationalists won the democratic election but West Pakistani Elites didn't want to give up their power, and despite their rival's peaceful strikes, they retaliated. On March 25, 1971 the first massacre occurred in the capitol, Dhaka. Soon the massacring spread to Bangladesh, where the army worked through a pre-made list of targets. They raped women and girls, killed men and boys and believed it was all justified because they were killing off a "racially inferior" population. To this day justice for the genocide has not yet been served.

Bosnian genocide

glshaw28_2 — 2023-11-03 14:58:29 UTC

In 1992, after 40 years under the communist Yugoslavia government and as communism fell Slovenia and Croatia declared independence. This resulted in violence and war between them and Serbia. Ethnic tensions soon followed, and when Bosnia tried to leave Slobodan Miloševic led Serbia to invade Bosnia in order to "free" Serbian Orthodox Christians living there. Serbia set out to remove all Bosnian Muslims. They were sent to concentration camps where they were raped, starved, abused, and murdered. In 1993 the UN attempted to protect Muslim territories; by July 1995 Serbia committed the greatest massacre since WW2. It resulted in 8,000 men being slaughtered, and 23,000 others being put on buses and driven to Muslim territory. Not a single shot was fired by the UN.

Rwandan Genocide

glshaw28_2 — 2023-11-06 20:36:52 UTC

April through June 1994. The Rwandan President's plan was shot down, which killed him. In the chaos that followed Rwandan extremist groups tried to kill off the whole Tutsi population. More than 800,000 people were killed.

Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War

glshaw28_2 — 2023-11-06 20:40:25 UTC

In October 1996 during the first Congo War the people living in villages were hunted down and killed. Up to 200,000 people may have been massacred.

Effacer le tableau

glshaw28_2 — 2023-11-06 20:45:12 UTC

In 2002. Effacer le tableau means "erase the board". Rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this was the name that they gave to the operation they had agains Bambuti Pygmies because they wanted to kill them all off. It was a territorial mission and they veiwed them as less than human, and because they were beleived to have "magical powers" in their flesh there was lots of cannibalism. 60-70,000 were killed.

Darfur genocide

glshaw28_2 — 2023-11-06 20:46:57 UTC

2003-2005. A killing of Darfuri people during conflict in Western Sudan. It was estimated that 200,000 people were killed.

Rohingya genocide

glshaw28_2 — 2023-11-06 20:50:16 UTC

October 2016 to August 2017. Ongoing killings of Muslim Rohingya, there were two phases, the first was a military crackdown, and the second has been happening since August 2017. Many Rohingya were forced to flee to other countries, and the worlds largest refugee camp was created because of it.