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To what extent were the Young Turks responsible for the Armenian Genocide of 1915? The Armenian Genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian population as part of a deliberate policy of the Ottoman regime in 1915. Governing the Ottoman Empire between 1908 and 1918, the Young Turks or more specifically, the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) conceived the deportations and eventual genocide of the Armenian peoples as a necessary condition in the establishment of a Turkish state. This

Chad is an ethnically diverse African country that also happens to be one of the poorest countries in Africa. Chad gained its independence from France in 1960 after a sixty year rule. There are several national cultures in Chad that are based on ethnoregional and religious affiliations. There are more than 200 ethnic groups in Chad, and those in the north and east are typically Muslim; most southerners are Animists and Christians. Through their long religious and commercial relationships with Sudan

One of the many ways that postcolonial literature accomplishes the task of challenging the hegemony of western imperialism is through the use of a ‘canonical counter-discourse,’ a strategy whereby ‘a post-colonial writer takes up a character or characters, or the basic assumptions of a canonical text [where a colonialist discourse is developed directly or indirectly], and unveils [its colonialist] assumptions, subverting the text for post-colonial purposes’. (Tiffin, 1987) Such a revolutionary literary

The Beginnings of a National Literary Tradition      Canadians throughout their history have been concerned over the status of their national literature. One of the major problems facing early Canadian writers was that the language and poetic conventions that they had inherited from the Old World were inadequate for the new scenery and conditions in which they now found themselves. Writers such as Susanna Moodie, Samuel Hearne, and Oliver Goldsmith were what I would consider "Immigrant" authors

A Book Report on Tom Standage's An Edible History of Humanity Standage, Tom. An Edible History of Humanity. (Ed) New York: Walker and Company, 2010, Print. In the text, An Edible History of Humanity, Tom Standage provides his take on how the past was so deeply affected by food throughout the generations. The book approaches history in a different way altogether: as a sequence of changes caused, influenced or enabled by food. Standage explains that throughout history, food has not only provided

In this day and age, we find ourselves at odds with our “identity” as we find that not only are we representing ourselves, but we also have ties to religion, sect, tribe, and family (Angrist). This shows that despite the cohesiveness and threads that attach us, it has the power to pull people, families, and in some cases countries apart. This conflict comes to a head when religion and ethnicity are interwoven. Hence when divisions occur, this can lead to violent wars that destroy trust between individuals

Music in ancient China was mainly used for 3 purposes; rituals, cultural unification and healing. RITUALS According to Chinese mythology and folklore, dragons have often been an auspicious symbol. Many times, they are regarded as a symbol of good luck and have been largely used in rituals during the ancient times to pray for rainfall in times of drought. These rituals are called dragon dance. News. Chinese Dragon Dance. By Conrad Poirier. [Public Domain]. Via Wikimedia Commons. News. Chinese Dragon

Exploring What a Drought Is Drought is a long period of dry weather when there is no rainfall at all for weeks, months or even years. Rivers and streams stop flowing. Water in pools, ponds, or reservoirs dries out. Plants die. Drought becomes a natural disaster. Some droughts occur for a very long period of time, and cause great hardship to people, plants and animals. Every year, droughts take place in many parts of the world, mostly in deserts. People plan for

George Seurat created a Sunday on La Grande Jatte in 1886. Its medium is oil on canvas and it is a painting of scenery using a technique known as pointillism. It is currently located in New York, New York on display at the Museum of Modern Art. After a year and a half, Seurat quit school. Following one year of compulsory military service, he returned to art, but worked on his own, producing small-scale paintings and drawings. His work in black and white bears the earliest mark of his artistic maturity

have small land-holder, family owned farms producing staple crops or growing cattle. Food cannot be grown all year round, as agricultural production depends on the availability of water. The main agricultural products are: sorghum, maize, rice, millet, wheat, gum arabic, sugarcane, mangoes, papayas, bananas, sweet potatoes sunflower, cotton, sesame, cassava, beans and peanuts; and cattle and sheep. Food production majorly hampered by the rainfall, civil war, lack of equipment and pest control