Western Civilization II / Unit 13 WC2 1220 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Armenian Genocide, 1915
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The idea
During the war the Committee of Union and Progress deported and murdered the empire's Armenians, in nineteen fifteen and sixteen. Over a million died, the anchor says; the witness says one and a half. The word genocide was coined with these events in view.
In practice
First, the arrest of Constantinople's Armenian leaders.
Where people slip
The anchor places it under Kemal; the witnesses say wartime.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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