Armenian Genocide
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The destruction of the Armenian population in eastern Anatolia by the Ottoman Turks in the early years of this century raises a number of ethical issues not only in terms of the ethical breach by the Turks in instituting such a policy but in terms of the inadequate response of the rest of the world to reports of what was taking place. Indeed, the world has tended to ignore this story ever since, leaving the remaining Armenian population in the world feeling victimized and ill-treated by the world community. At the same time, these circumstances had the ironic effect of strengthening the sense of national unity among the Armenian people. The shameful behavior of the rest of the world toward the genocide in Armenia arguably contributed to the coming of the worst case of genocide in history, the attempted extermination of the Jews by the Nazis in World War II, showing clearly that unethical behavior has consequences which may not be foreseen at the time but which can be devastating just the same. From the end of the last century to World War I, a deadly wave of Turkish fanaticism swept over Armenian towns and villages. The horror of that time was so terrible that the world dismissed the memories, though some did not: The universal indifference to these horrendous events made such a lasting impression on an obscure Austrian corporal in World War I that he later cited it as a justification for his own genocidal policies.
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d into the Russian Empire. The Muslim former rulers of India became part of the British Raj. The Persian/Iranian Empire was divided between Russia and Britain. Only Turkey was able to maintain a strong enough nation-state to remain independent of the European colonial powers. The different regions of the former empire reacted differently to European domination. The cause in turkey was secular nationalism and not Islam. Arabia and Iran both showed a combination of secular nationalism and Islamic counter-offensive. The breakup of the Ottoman Empire left a number of nation-states facing a dominant Europe and in various ways resisting that reality to the degree possible. Such resistance would continue in some cases throughout this century, with shifts according to the political realities of the time. Europe was becoming dominant in most of what had been the Ottoman Empire. The colonial policies of the countries of Europe would create more and more resistance in these territories until revolution or agitation would bring about the end of the colonial period in time. The tensions created in the Arab world would cause the British to attempt in a number of ways to divide the region so as to reduce tensions and would lead in tim
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Approximate Pages = 13 (250 words per page)
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