1. Turkish Academics Apologize for the Armenian Genocide
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... million Armenians during the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, which modern Turkish governments have refused to characterize as genocide, The Guardian, a British newspaper, reported today. Academics ...

2. Rep. Royce: U.S. should go on record officially recognizing the Armenian Genocide
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... is because of the gravity of the subject of genocide. On April 24, 1915, the Ottoman Empire set out on a campaign to exterminate the Armenian people. Between 1915 and 1923, the numbers were horrific. ...

3. The Armenian Genocide
(Armenians/History)

Summary of Events Leading up to the Genocide Somewhat surprisingly to many, Armenians and Turks lived in relative harmony in the Ottoman Empire for centuries. Armenians were known as the "loyal millet". ...

4. World War I and Its Consequences
(Armenians/History)

... Armenians who remained in their native territory into a new type of empire. Postwar Realignment Between 1915 and 1917, Russia occupied virtually the entire Armenian part of the Ottoman Empire. Then ...

5. Between Russia and Turkey
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Between Russia and Turkey Beginning in the eighteenth century, the Russian Empire played a growing role in determining the fate of the Armenians, although those in Anatolia remained under Turkish control, ...

6. Armenian Empire
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Armenian Empire The Empire of King Tigran Mets. (c) 2005, Armenica.org From 87 to 85, Tigran's Army victoriously entered Armenian Mesopotamia [Northern Mesopotamia], the province of Korduk', ...

7. Early Christianity
(Armenians/History)

... Christianity on behalf of the Eastern Roman Empire (the Byzantine Empire). Early in the fifth century A.D., Saint Mesrop, also known as Mashtots, devised an alphabet for the Armenian Language, and religious ...

8. The Ancient Period
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... less abundant. Several states flourished in the area of Greater Armenia, including Aratta (Haik's time), mentioned in Armenic Sumerian records (3rd millennium BC), the Hittite Empire (at the height of ...