Khmer Empire

peasants that lived in the rural area where the Vietcong were hiding. This forced the farmers and peasants to move to bigger cities to remain same from these bombings (1). In 1969, the Khmer Rouge had only 10,000 troops, but the bombings were bringing the peasants and farmers to the Khmer Rouge for help. By 1973, The Khmer Rouge had 200,000 troops (Morris 5). In January of 1973, the United States, the North Vietnamese, the South Vietnamese, And the South Vietnamese Communist party forces all…

1980 population that had been projected in 1970” (p. 327). Though many of the natives of Cambodia died from the bombings associated with the US before the war, many of the rest of the natives ultimately 1.7 million deaths “… are attributable to the Khmer Rouge” (p.…

According to BBC News, “The Khmer Rouge had its origins in the 1960s, as the armed wing of the Communist Party of Kampuchea - the name the Communists used for Cambodia.” The Khmer Rouge wanted an agrarian socialism because they wanted Cambodia to be a society that was built on an economy through growing and maintaining crops and its farmland (“Cambodia 's brutal Khmer Rouge regime”). The Khmer Rouge wanting an agrarian socialism gave them the opportunity to target…

interrogation centers, until one country saves them. The Rise of the Khmer Rouge In 1963, the prince of Cambodia, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, cut off economic and military support from the United States and a year later ended diplomatic relations with the U.S. in order to stay out of the Vietnam War that was going on (Krkljes).…

three years, over 25% of the population was wiped out. A total of over two million people died (“Cambodian,” “Talking”). Those killed during the Cambodian Genocide were all the people that were educated and could possibly overthrow the government. The Khmer Rouge devastated the country, killing over two million people with the ideal mindset to have a strong farming economy. By the end of the Cambodian Genocide, all the survivors were those that were young and uneducated, therefore, the…

At the heart of Mark Danner's graphic and eye-opening historical novel, The Massacre at El Mozote, is an ideological battle between communism and capitalism. By backing the right-wing El Salvadoran government and military, the United States became an active and willing participant in one of the bloodiest single massacres in Central American history. The massacres at El Mozote, La Joya, La Guacamaya and Arambala killed nearly 1,000 peasants. The group most responsible for these atrocities was the…

1. How did you see power being used and/or abused in this book? How would you feel if you were the main character? In the book Sold the person with the power changes throughout the book. At the beginning the person with the power was Lakshmi’s stepfather. He is not able to work but he uses Ama and Lakshmi to his advantage. Ama serves him even though he does not provide anything to the family. He takes the money for himself and gambles it away. He then sells Lakshmi into prostitution without Ama…

Background The School District of Philadelphia (SDP) is rank the 8th largest school district in the country, with approximately 135,000 students across 218 schools (School District of Philadelphia website). The district’s unique urban location allows for a more “racially and ethnically diverse” population of students. Thus making the majority of the students that make up the demographics of the district to include: Black/African Americans (51%), Hispanic/Latino (19.5%), white (13.7%) and…

supposed to because in the 1980s, the Khmer Rouge got guns and ammo from China. The United States also gave them support because they were against the Vietnamese trying to take over Cambodia. In 1978 the Vietnamese sent over 60,000 troops, along with planes and tanks across the border. On January 7, 1979, they captured Phnom Penh. Pol Pot ran and went back into the jungle, bit that didn’t stop him. He just reorganized and began his guerrilla operations…

the reign of terror’, revolutionary courts were assembled to protect the republic from its internal enemies. Many victims were persons who had opposed the radical activities of the sans-culottes. Approximately 16,00 people were officially killed and the bulk of terror’s executions took place in the areas of Lyons and Marseilles. The terror was at its most destructive in the Vendee’. In this reign, nobody was spared, women, priests, monks, children, all had been put to death. No doubt that this…