Hamidian massacres

protests the Turkish military, accompanied by ordinary Turkish men, walked into cities populated by Armenians and murdered thousands of Armenians, making no distinction between the old and young and having no mercy. This is know as the Hamidian or Armenian massacre and happened through 1894-1896. The estimated number of Armenians killed during this time is thought to be around 100,000-300,000. The Hamidian massacre was aimed only at the Armenians but soon all Christians were being targeted. Armenians who were not killed were either forced to convert to Islam, or were forced to fled to parts of Europe and the Americas to find refuge. The Hamidian massacres caught the eye of world and was published in many newspapers across the globe. Numerous American missionaries and representatives who worked through the Ottoman Empire saw the monstrosities firsthand and assembled relief efforts for the Armenians. Help for Armenian casualties turned into the first global mission of the American Red Cross. A group known as the Near East Relief raised more than $100 million in aid for the Armenians during the massacres, and later the genocide . The assets gathered spared endless Armenian lives, but it was the only aid Armenians would see. Soon after the Hamidian massacres, in the beginning of the 20th century, the minorities of the Turkish Empire, which included the Armenians, Greeks, Arabs, and the Kurdish, began working with a group of Turkish people who challenged the power of the…

The denial of the Armenian genocide has been a problem for many of the Armenian people around the world. It is not only an issue of Armenian-Turkish relations, but also an issue of Armenian relations with the rest of the world. It has become a serious issue for Armenia becoming a part of the first world. The essence of the Turkish denial of the genocide includes collusion with other governments as well as using media outlets to aid their cause. Understanding the issues that are being denied is a…

The first problem that Diana and pilot need to face before they work together is multiculturalism. They grow up in completely different world. Diana have not seen male before she see the American pilot and pilot haven’t see an island only have male. Diana is inquisitive about everything of pilot. When they back to the modern society, Diana is highly incompatible with new world. She always holds her shield and doesn’t understand why female in the modern society need to dress so complicate.…

School shootings are something that we know about, in Canadian history they are something we aren 't oblivious to. The Montreal Massacre significantly affected Canada in terms of equality, justice and safety. Numerous individuals had differentiating perspectives on the massacre that took place. Many questions were raised: Why did Marc Lépine shoot and murder fourteen women, while leaving the men alive? Why was Lépine yelling "You’re all feminists?", yet shooting at women who guaranteed they…

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the beginning of a huge revolution. Crispus Attucks played an important role in the American Revolution by his role in the Boston Massacre. On the night of March 5, 1770, Private Hugh White, a guard on duty outside Boston’s customs house,was surrounded by a jeering crowd.He reacted by hitting one of them his musket. The crowd grew larger, and eight redcoats came to rescue White. A redcoat fired into the crowd, possibly by accident, and the people panicked. In the chaos that followed, five men…

seen in the lonely figures of the Massacres at Chios along with the “Greek Families Awaiting Death or Slavery”. The bodies are painted in a traditional style, their magnitudes close to real life but slightly romanticized. The theme of the painting is based on the real life event that had occurred two years earlier to the conclusion of this works. For almost four centuries the Greeks has been under occupation by the Turks but it wasn't until 1822 that the Greeks decided to fight for freedom. The…

In the early hours of September 5, 1972, an awful event occurred in the most unimaginable place. The Olympic Games in Munich, dubbed “The Games of Peace and Joy” quickly became known as the “Munich Massacre”. At 4 o’clock in the morning, a group of eight Palestinian terrorists, disguised as athletes, climbed over the fence into the Olympic Village in Munich. Meanwhile, the Olympic team from Israel was asleep in their apartments in 31 Connollystrasse. The terrorists walked straight to 31…

Olympics became one of the greatest human tragedies in the history of counter terrorism. The paper reviews the principal aspects of the security response to the Munich massacre in 1972. Some of the issues considered include Germany's response to the incident, pre-attack warnings, the level of security preparedness during the Olympics, as well as the role of fusion centers in counter-terrorist operations. The lessons learned from the 1972 Munich Olympics provide effective guidance for the…

The Rape of Nanking The Rape of Nanking was a horrific and brutal massacre. It shows the world’s failure to acknowledge the cruel acts of people who take advantage of their ranks in government, meaning this went on for six weeks, thousands of people were killed, and no other countries even noticed or helped all of those people. is a human rights violation because pretty much all of the human rights were violated especially 3-5. “Article 3: Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security…