Armenian Genocide
January 23rd 2014 The Armenian genocide happened during World War l. 1.5 million Armenians were deported and massacred in the Ottoman Empire (modern day turkey). The Ottoman Empire invaded the Armenian homeland in the 11th century. The Ottoman Empire saw a severe decline in the 1800s as the rest of Europe industrialized. Their once invincible armies became inferior to Europe’s heavily-modernized armies.
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