My Country Armenia Everybody loves to go to different places.On weekends people enjoy going out of town.I like to visit my country Armenia. You and your freinds are going to take a trip to Armenia. Armenia is a small European country that was part of the Soviet Union. However, you will have to make some preparations and do some research so as to make the best of use of your time and money.So, my country Armenia has a lot of interesting and attractive places to visit for tourist. Now I want to
The Genocide in Armenia The Ottoman Empire once was an enormous however it began to decline throughout the years. Throughout the chaos of World War One, a Turkish nationalist group known as the young Turks wanted to bring back the vast empire by purifying their people of the Armenians which were a Christian minority group. This slowly gained momentum and more people began to agree that they had to cleanse their people. When they started treating the Armenians so badly was when Armin t. Wegner started
Conflict between the states of Armenia and Azerbaijan over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) has not stopped since the ceasefire between them in May of 1994. The history of the conflict can date back even further to the end of WWI, or culturally even further than that with the history between cultures in the context of the Russian Czarist Empire (Crisis Group, 2007). For Armenia, the issue is one of self-determination for the ethnic majority Armenians living in the region. For Azerbaijan, it is
been settled in the Anatolia valley as early as the 6th century BC. At its zenith under the rule of Tigranes the Great, Armenian rule extended from Caucasus into present day Turkey, Lebanon, and Iran. Despite being a large and powerful nation, Armenia still faced discrimination when they adopted Christianity as the national religion in 301 CE. This stigma dissipated slowly as Christianity was adopted by more and more surrounding nations. By the time the Turcomans arrived in the Anatolia valley
Armenia is a mountainous, landlocked country, on the southeastern edge of Europe and at the gateway to the Middle East and Asia.Armenia shares land borders with four countries: Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.The capital is Yerevan and is home to 2.977 million people. The nation symbol of Armenia is Mountain Ararat. Armenia is an ancient cultural heritage and is also home to the world’s oldest national church. Armenia was the first country to have adopted Christianity as its state religion
another ethnic group of people. For instance, the Armenian Genocide started with the Turk’s long-lasting hatred towards the Armenian people. Similarly, in the Holocaust, Hitler’s hatred for Jews fueled the beginning of the massacre in Germany. In Armenia, the Turkish government soon took over the Ottoman Empire’s weak government and immediately discriminated the Armenians, starving them and blami... ... middle of paper ... ...le bunch of people into a camp and just kill them off. The U.S. did
Syrian Armenian, so he was born in Armenia and then his family fled to Syria and then came to America (Ohanessian). There is a difference between Eastern and Western Armenian. Western used to be the most common dialect during the time of the Ottoman Empire, however in modern days Eastern has taken over (Ohanessian). They are very similar and mutually intelligible, but Hagop speaks Eastern. Western Armenian is spoken in Armenian Diasporas but not in the Republic of Armenia. Due to the Armenian Genocide
rank or status with the leaders. The Armenians had it differently. They were treated with less respect, and this started problems within the Empire. The problems first started for the Armenians around 1908, in Armenia. Most of the genocide took place in Armenia, and some parts of Asia (6). Armenia was around where present day Russia, Iraq and parts of Iran. The location had relation to why the Turks wanted to get rid of them. Because of the diffe... ... middle of paper ... ...-93. SIRS Issues Researcher
Armenian Question and The Unites States mandatory Issue over Armenia INTRODUCTION The Berlin Treaty, which was signed in 1878 between the Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire, United Kingdom, Austria-Hungary, France, Germany and Italy, revised the Treaty of San Stefano in the same year, was the turning point for Armenian Question and Eastern Question. As a result of this treaty, the situation in the Balkans was settled to a large extent by the European Powers in accordance with their interest. However
Every Armenian remembers the date which he/she lost a family member. On April 24, 1.5 million Armenians were systematically massacred in western Armenia during the years of 1915 to 1923. Turkish governments always denied the charges, historians and government officials relied on undeniable documents and eyewitnesses that Turkey is responsible for the crimes it committed to the Armenian people. Not very many countries recognize the massacre as a genocide, but France, Russia, Sweden, Greece, Argentina
billion USD that indicated the fact that the national economy was significantly weakened. The war with Armenia along with the deterioration of trade relations with other former Soviet republics was evidently among the major factors of such economic decline. Hereby, some statistics on the material losses and socio-economic damages caused to Azerbaijan and its occupied territories as a result of the Armenia-Azerbaijan war is provided as follows: The Azerbaijani state agencies, NGOs and local authorities
Armenian Genocide was one of the first incidents of modern genocide that had happened. Why would the Ottomans target the Armenians during WWI? Ottomans and Armenians differed when it came to religion, wealth, and education so when the Ottomans took over Armenia, many injustices were served to the group of people. The Armenians are from the Caucasus region of Eurasia and they have resided there for about 3,000 years.The Armenian Empire were one of the first countries to declare their official religion
Armenian Americans Introduction The United States is made up of a multitude of different ethnic backgrounds and cultures. We have always been called “the Land of the Free”, which has aided in making the United States more appealing to those who have had to seek refuge from their homelands during war and other hostile situations. Unfortunately, those who have had to seek refuge here have not always been welcome with open arms. We as a nation and I hate to admit it, are just racist. In the 1600’s
that fought oppression for many years. The Republic of Azerbaijan is a mountainous region. Sixty percent (Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan.az) of the country is complex terrain. Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea in the east. Iran borders to the south. Armenia and Georgia border to the west. Russia borders to the north (State). The region also has a lot flat plains. Azerbaijan has many beaches on the coast. Azerbaijan is a small eastern European country. It measures about the size of Maine. The cities
The emergence of Cilician Armenian kingdom was generated by the continual clashes between the Seljuk Turks and the Byzantine Empire during the middle of the 11th century. During this time, the continual struggle by the Byzantines to regain Greater Armenia defined the territorial development of Cilicia as a stronghold for Armenians during the late 11th century. The Rubenid Dynasty represents the founding of the Cilician Armenian kingdom as a revolt against the Byzantine Empire, which presented the military
On 4th century AD, Armenia became the first nation in the world to make Christianity as their official religion. Because of that Armenia known as an independent entity. During 15 centuries, Armenia was under Ottoman Empire control. Ottoman Empire was the leader of two different religion groups, Muslims and Christianity. Ottoman Empire treated the Armenians differently. They had to pay higher taxes than the Muslim people. They had very little political and legal rights. Beside their obstacles, they
What conditions are necessary for a genocide to occur? Armenian genocide took place in 1915 during the World War One, forcing hundreds of thousands of Armenians to leave their houses. Factors that most contributed to the outbreak of the Armenian Genocide included nationalism, economic jealousy, and the desire of Turks to create a new homogeneous Turkish state without christians. During that time, most of the Armenian population lived on the Turkish territory which made it even easier for Turks to
Because of a treaty that the Ottoman government signed, the genocide should have ended in 1920. The treaty of Sevres was written to end the slaughter of the Greeks, Armenians, and Assyrians. The treaty also made the Ottomans accept Armenia as its own independent nation, as well as limiting the Ottoman military. They also had to relinquished control over the economy, imports and exports, taxes, debt repayment, and the electoral system. The Ottomans were forbidden from economic deals
“Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, independent, and indivisible.” (Webster Online Dictionary) These rights are taken away during genocide. Throughout history genocides have taken place time and time again from the Armenian genocide of 1915, to the Darfur
people know about genocide because the one in peoples head is the holocaust the one that happened during world war II with Adolf Hitler killing millions of jews or people that didn't look like germans. The Armenians live in Armenia but I heard it is called republic of armenia not sure. Most armenians live now around europe scattered. So, I will be explaining what happen before, the start , the peak of the genocide, falling of the genocide, and the fall of the Armenian genocide. The Armenians are