Luis Lopez 8DThe Armenian GenocideI will write about the Armenian Genocide that occurred about 90 years ago. It's one of those forgotten genocides. Not many people know about genocide because that in people's minds is the holocaust, the one that happened during World War II with Adolf Hitler killing millions of Jews or people who didn't look like Germans. Armenians live in Armenia but I heard it's called the republic of Armenia, I'm not sure. Most Armenians now live scattered across Europe. So, I will explain what happened before, the beginning, the culmination of the genocide, the fall of the genocide, and the end of the Armenian genocide. Armenians are an ancient people whose home has been in the South Caucasus since the 7th century. BC The Mongol, Persian, Russian and Ottoman (Turkish) empires fought over this region for many centuries. "Armenian Genocide". Armenian Genocide. Network. 15 April 2014. . In the late 19th century, Turkey and Russia were recovering from a war with each other. In the west, 2.5 million Christian Armenians were ruled by the Turks; Eastern Armenia was in Russian hands. A surge in Armenian nationalism gave Armenian leaders the confidence to demand political reforms. "Armenian Genocide". Armenian Genocide. Network. 15 April 2014. . This was not appreciated by both the Ottoman and Russian powers, fearful of armed partisan resistance or even the resumption of interstate warfare. They began to repress the Armenians even more harshly. "Armenian Genocide". Armenian Genocide. Network. 15 April 2014. . In some Turkish Armenian provinces large-scale massacres were carried out starting from 1894......middle of paper......asserting that the ancient principality of Cilicia, once an independent Armenian state between the 14th century, the province of Adana had been spared the massacres of 1890. The unrest was most severe in the city of Adana, where 4,437 Armenian homes were reportedly set on fire, resulting in the destruction of nearly half the city and prompting some to describe the the resulting hell was like a "holocaust". The epidemic spread throughout the district and an estimated 30,000 Armenians were killed. While resistance attempts in Adana proved futile and Armenians in small outlying villages were brutally massacred, two cities inhabited primarily by Armenians mounted a successful defense. Hadjin in the Cilician Mountains withstood a siege, while Dortyol's 10,000 Armenians held off 7,000 Turks who had surrounded their city and cut off its water supplies.