https://padlet.com/mpolvo1/wfa0pz77tvloxmg3 World History en-us 2023-10-11 18:29:43 UTC 2023-10-14 05:04:17 UTC hello@padlet.com mpolvo1 https://padlet.com/mpolvo1/wfa0pz77tvloxmg3/wish/2742313213 In the late 1800's 2.5 million Armenians were living under the Ottoman Empire. Armenians had their own language, culture, and religion which sometimes made them seem outsiders to the rest of the Muslim empire. At a certain point, Armenians wanted to become independent as nationalists feelings grew. "During the 1890s, Ottoman troops killed tens of thousands of Armenians." (pg.419) When war broke out in 1914, the Ottomans claimed that the Armenians were supportive of the Triple Entente, the opposite side of the Ottomans. The Ottoman Empires government deproted 2 million people and took claim to their land. While on their journey out of the empire, more than 600,00 were killed or died of starvation. By 1920, the 2.5 million Armenian population had fallen to 400,000. ]]> 2023-10-11 18:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mpolvo1/wfa0pz77tvloxmg3/wish/2742313213 mpolvo1 https://padlet.com/mpolvo1/wfa0pz77tvloxmg3/wish/2745867224 In the beginning of April 6 1994, for 100 days  began a campaign of horror and bloodshed which embroiled the Central part of African Rwandan. The majority of the killings occurred within the first 6 weeks. Around 800,000 were killed by mid may. The killing occurred throughout Rwanda in fields,Church,school buildings, and homes. In response to the violence the united states established criminal tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to bring justice to those accused of high level crimes. ]]> 2023-10-14 04:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mpolvo1/wfa0pz77tvloxmg3/wish/2745867224 mpolvo1 https://padlet.com/mpolvo1/wfa0pz77tvloxmg3/wish/2745871285 The Spaniards exploited the islands gold mines and reduced Taíno to slavery. There was about 7 million deaths by 1535 Taíno culture on Hispaniola was gone. The smallpox, flu, measles killed some of the Taíno people. Columbus is guilty because he thought the taínos were going to be easy to rule because of their intelligence. ]]> 2023-10-14 05:04:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mpolvo1/wfa0pz77tvloxmg3/wish/2745871285