Mr. Penner Research Paper November 4th‚ 2013 Kurdish Genocide The Kurds are located in the Middle East within several countries: Turkey‚ Syria‚ Iraq and surrounding lands. The raid on the Kurdish people first started in the 7th century with the conquering of their land by the Arabs (Rutgers‚ 2013). From the 7th century until the late 13th century‚ their lands were occupied by several different groups. From the 13th century until World War 1‚ the Ottoman Empire was in control of their lands. As
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2011 The Genocide of Rwanda Losing a loved one has devastating effects on a person that last a lifetime. After a death‚ a human being goes through a range of emotions‚ including anguish‚ depression‚ and sorrow. Add to these emotions the experience of watching a loved one die. The trauma of helplessly witnessing a neighbor hack another person to death. Suddenly‚ emotions are elevated and evolve into an extreme level of fear and heartbreak. This is what happens during genocide‚ the systematic
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A Genocide is the planned mass killings of a certain type of people based on religion‚ ethnicity‚ or some other determining factor. The biggest genocide of all time was the Holocaust. During the end of World War II it was Hitler‚ Chancellor of Germany‚ that came up with a plan he called the “Final Solution”. This “Solution” was to rid Germany and her neighbors of a plague they called Jews. It started out with massive shootings of the Jews‚ a method found insufficient. Soon a more effective method
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Armenian Genocide Andy Leeds Ms. Bullis English 1 April 24 Armenians are a Christian nation‚ and when they were a country‚ they were the first to proclaim Christianity as the state religion. The Ottoman Empire took control of Armenia during the 15th century‚ and they were mistreated for quite a while due to religious differences (Christians vs. Muslims)‚ and this mistreatment culminated and peaked during 1915-1918. During World War I‚ the Ottoman Empire took the opportunity among a world of chaos
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One and a half to three MILLION people died in the Cambodian genocide. Genocide is the extermination of an entire race or group of people‚ or trying to completely wipe them out. That means there is murdering of the people‚ causing serious physical or mental harm‚ inflicting on group conditions to cause it’s destruction‚ terminate births within the group‚ or transferring people from the group to another group. In a genocide the most disgusting things are done‚ people are tortured‚ raped‚ worked to
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The governance of Bergen Community College is shared among the board of trustees‚ the administration‚ and the faculty. The faculty has primary authority over the academic area‚ including such matters as the curriculum‚ standards of faculty competence‚ and standards of student achievement. The board and administration have primary authority over mission‚ strategic direction‚ physical plant‚ and fiscal resources. These factors have changed the dynamics of shared authority and understanding in ways
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Anne Frank in the Holocaust. She was at Bergen-Belsen‚ a death-pit of horror and she still was happy. That says a lot doesn’t it? It says that people can still be happy in even the worst times because they can appreciate the things that they do have and not the things they don’t. Imagine yourself living in a concentration camp‚ starving‚ dehydrated and dying from typhus. Would you be happy? Or would you wish that you were home? During the Holocaust‚ Bergen-Belsen was a concentration camp with over
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ILAS 225 November 29‚ 2011 The Indonesian Genocide To this day‚ the story of the Indonesian Genocide is still relatively unknown. It is only partially told‚ and partly visible through a thick haze of trickery and deception. Between October 1965 and 1966‚ it is estimated that between 500‚000 and 3‚000‚000 people were killed throughout various Indonesian islands‚ including Java‚ Sumatra‚ and Bali (the actual number will never be known for sure). The events that unfolded during this period
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Jessica LeVasseur Anthropology of Crime Kandel October 26‚ 2012 Cambodian Genocide Cambodia‚ a southeastern Asian country‚ has endured many feats in history and has often been conquered but never has it seen such a devastation as heinous as in the year 1970. With a population of roughly 7 million people at the time‚ almost all Cambodians prior to genocide practiced Buddhism. The country was reigned by France for nearly 100 years and finally gained independence in 1953. Cambodia then became
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In 1994‚ there was a mass genocide between the Hutus and the Tutsis of Rwanda. Rwanda is located near Uganda‚ Congo‚ and Tanzania. These countries are located in Africa. Due to the location of Rwanda it caused controversy because many countries surrounding it wanted to take control over it. It caused tension between multiple countries and sparked a war which lead to a genocide. There are three groups in Rwanda – Hutu‚ Tutsi‚ and Twa. The Twa group was initially the first group to settle in Rwanda
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