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    According to Google, a genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. The Holocaust and Armenian Genocide are both considered genocides. Both of these genocides compare in many ways. They both had a belief that a race was superior to another race and they were both starved. They are also different in many ways. They were killed in different ways, and the roles of women were different. The Armenian Genocide was planned ahead of

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    Genocide has undoubtedly shown itself, in one way or another, throughout world history, but there is some controversy as to what is actually considered a genocide versus, perhaps a civil war or Democide. I propose that while Ben Kiernan describes a good model to define an act as or as not a genocide, his model does not take into account all factors that must be considered. Ben Kiernan describes his model being based off of 4 main themes: cults of antiquity, ethnic enmity, expansionism, and fetish

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    Everyone has heard of The Holocaust, but many people don’t know why it’s called a genocide, or even what a genocide is. A genocide if the methodical killing of a person based on race, religion, national origin, or ethnic background. The genocide I will be talking about is The Greek Genocide, the name may be slightly misleading, as the Greeks were not the only ones who were killed without thought. The Greeks along with the Armenians, and the Assyrians, were killed. This all started with the old constitution

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    an incredible asset in hindering genocides from occurring, yet they are still present and little seems to be said. Activists working to inform people about the issues occurring across the world are now able to make movies and websites that let others be informed, but you would be hard pressed to find an informative activist group with as many viewers as something such as facebook. When you do find places designed to inform you of present world issues such as genocide, they are often politically charged

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    Genocide is one of the worst inventions man has made. More formally known as massacres before the early 1900s(Cooke-welling 69), they have always been very harmful to an ethnicity or religions’ growth. The word itself originates from latin roots. The words “whole” and “burned” in latin morph to make the word “holocaust” A few of the worst ones in history have happened in just the past century. One that is very familiar is The Holocaust. It was the genocide of the Jewish faith during World War II

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    Cloistered Genocide When we hear the word genocide most everyone thinks of famous genocides such as the Holocaust. What if there was a genocide that occurred that was hidden by a government and never recognized like famous genocides, but equally horrendous? There was such an event that took place, The Armenian Genocide. The Armenian Genocide was one of the worst genocides in world history, and also one of the most downplayed events in world history. The first reason is that The Armenian Genocide is not

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    South Sudan at Risk of Genocide

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    Genocide in the world is very much alive and continues to happen; it is estimated that since the year 1900, more than 170 million lives have been lost. If you were to think of that in size, it would be equal to the entire population of Nigeria, gone, wiped out of existence. After the holocaust of World War II, additional steps were taken to ensure history didn’t repeat itself. The Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was held in 1948, conducted by the United Nations

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    The Darfur genocide was the first genocide in the twentieth century and it is also the first genocide to be declared genocide. Sadly the Darfur genocide still remains and millions of people are still being affected as of today. Roughly around 400,000 innocent lives were lost. (Society in Darfur, Chiff.com) In the year 2011 more than 500,000 Sudanese civilians were being driven out of their homes by the government’s harsh actions and decisions and this number is still rising. (It’s in my blood, stopgenocide

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    Americans was a product of genocide has been a widely debated topic. The argument could be for or against the label of “genocide”. However, based off of the definition of “genocide”, textbook readings, and articles I have read I believe there is enough evidence to support the statement that the death of millions of Native Americans is considered genocide. “Genocide” is defined as “the deliberate and systematic extermination of an ethnic or national group”. However, genocide does not only mean straight

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    Genocide is a mass killing of a people or group (Simpson 46). The Cambodian genocide was a phenomenon in which millions died due to starvation, torture, and neglectance. This came to be because of the Cambodian Communists who began to overrule the country after their victory from the Cambodian Civil War (Tyner 277). They began to hold all power over the entire country of Cambodia. The Cambodian Genocide was an unfortunate event in the history of modern men. The Cambodian oppressors wanted everyone

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