What are the perceptions of national self-identification in modern Armenia? To understand the concept of national identity‚ one should first of all consider what is “nation”. Having thought of multiple definitions of “nation”‚ I will try to specify Armenian national self-identification phenomenon in terms of territorial commonality‚ single language‚ cultural continuity‚ single religion and common state. From the very beginning of the human history various nations’ formation process was determined by
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The Armenians are the descendants of a branch of the Indo-Europeans. The Armenian people living in the Ottoman provinces of eastern Anatolia‚ like other non-Turkish and non-Muslim subjects of the Empire‚ had long suffered from systematic discrimination and‚ at times‚ harsh persecution. For them the Ottoman Empire’s entry into the First World War was to have particularly devastating consequences. Indeed‚ it is widely claimed that the Armenians were victims of a deliberate genocide perpetrated by the
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HASANOV VUSAL Azerbaijani – Armenian CONFLICT Historical roots of the conflict. From the middle of the XVIII century Azerbaijan went through the period of feudal division and was made up of independent khanates. Upper Karabakh inhabited mainly by Azerbaijanis formed a part of the Azerbaijani Karabakh khanate that included the territories between the Kur and the Araz. When owing to their strategic and geopolitical situation Azerbaijani khanates got involved into the stratagem of fight which
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putting an end to their collective existence. The Armenian Genocide of 1915 was the most savage and barbaric episode in the history of the Armenian people. There were several main reasons the Turks carried out the genocide. Differences in the Armenian and Turkish culture‚ the continued conflict between the Armenians and the Turks‚ and the beginning of World War I led the Turks to kill over one and a half million Armenians. The history of the Armenians can be traced back to 6 B.C. They are descendants
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As of 2015‚ Turkey has actively denied The Armenian Genocide for a century. It is only recognised in 26 countries around the world‚ despite its devastating results and apparent evidence‚ Turkey claimed that while it occurred during a time of war‚ the colossal number of death in the Armenian community was simply war‚ not genocide. The Turkish government enforced a law in 2004‚ among a series of actions enacted to counter Armenian genocide recognition and education‚ the government a law in 2004 known
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The History of Armenian Church Armenian history cannot be fully digested without understanding the influence that Christianity and the Armenian Church have over all aspects of Armenian life. The Armenian Apostolic Church is the world’s oldest National Church and is one of the most ancient Christian communities. By establishing this church‚ Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as its official religion in 301 AD (Ananyan 2016). According to the ancient tradition that is well supported
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Victor Mardikian Mr. Reese 4A Honors World History 13 May 2013 Armenian Genocide 1915-1923 After their defeat in the Balkan War‚ the Ottomans lost not only their European territories‚ but also their pride and self-importance. To regain their pride in nationalism‚ they felt it necessary to impose their culture‚ language and especially‚ their religion on the minority‚ the Armenians. The Armenians were designated to a second-class citizenship‚ had to abide inequalities‚ and endure special hardships
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the Armenian tragedy‚ and offers analysis by presenting it as a case study of genocide and by seeing it as a historical process in which a domestic conflict escalated and was consumed by a global war. It also establishes a link between genocide and nationality conflicts in the Balkan Peninsula and the Turko-American areas. The author examines the genocide through official WWI documents from Turkey‚ Imperial Germany‚ and Imperial Austria. The main premise of his study is that the "Armenian genocide
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One Million Five Hundred Thousand RISE OF TURK PARTY The Armenian Genocide was the deadliest genocide‚ resulting in approximately 1.5 million Armenian lives lost. The Young Turks were the perpetrators that orchestrated the removal of Armenians. This group was formed because of the Sultan Abdul-Hamid and his power (Adalian 2017). Due to the lack of progression and change in the Ottoman Empire‚ a group of military officers took it upon themselves to try and make a change to this empire that had
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el Kersh COMPARE AND CONTRAST The Crucible and the Armenian Genocide The Salem Witchcraft Trials and the Armenian Genocide were distinctive events of their time. In January 1692‚ Reverend Samuel Paris’s daughter and niece became ill. The village doctor‚ William Griggs‚ triggered the trials as he diagnosed bewitchment‚ however the effects of mass hysteria were the most enduring‚ and led to the death of many. On the other hand‚ the Armenian Genocide‚ between the years 1915 and 1918 (during WW1)
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