Luis Lopez 8DThe Armenian GenocideI will write about the Armenian Genocide that occurred approximately 90 years ago. It's one of those genocides that have been forgotten. Few people know about genocide because the one on 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 is called Republic of Armenia, I'm not sure. Most Armenians now live scattered across Europe. So I will explain what happened before, the beginning, the climax of the genocide, the end of the genocide and the fall of the Armenian genocide. The 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 in this region for many centuries. “Armenian genocide. ". Armenian genocide. Internet. April 15, 2014. In the late 19th century, Turkey and Russia were recovering from war against each other. In the west, 2.5 million Christian Armenians were ruled by the Turks; Eastern Armenia was in Russian hands. A rise in Armenian nationalism gave Armenian leaders the confidence to demand political reforms. “Armenian Genocide”. Internet. April 15, 2014. This situation was unwelcome to both the Ottoman and Russian powers, who feared armed partisan resistance or even the resumption of interstate war. They began to repress the Armenians even more harshly. “Armenian Genocide”. Armenian genocide. Internet. April 15, 2014. In some Turkish Armenian provinces, large-scale massacres were carried out from 1894...... middle of paper...... striking the ancient principality of Cilicia, once an independent Armenian state between the 11th and the 14th century, the province of Adana had been spared the massacres of the 1890s. The unrest was most serious in the city of Adana, where 4,437 Armenian homes were burned, resulting in the destruction of almost half of the city and prompting some to describe the resulting hell as a “holocaust”. Epidemics spread throughout the district and an estimated 30,000 Armenians were reported killed. While attempts at resistance in Adana proved futile and Armenians in small, remote villages were brutally massacred, two towns 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 town and cut off its water supply..