What about the Armenian Genocide?
Armenia is known as an ancient country with long-during connections with Europe, this may explain the easy way in which Europeans are and were sure of the existence of an Armenian Genocide by the Turks in 1915, and this may explain the passion Europeans have in condemning this genocide.
Armenians, together with Koptic and Syrians, are one of the oldest Christian people.
Armenians have for long been trading with Early Modern Europe and connections have been good. But History gives way for allot of "Genocides". But what is genocide? It is the wipe-out of an entire people, it is mass-slaughter. But re-examining the sources show the armenian genocide lookes more like heavy-duty rebellion, ethnic conflict and plain war. Refound nationalism in Modern time has caused this elsewhere in the world.
So, read this article by James McCarthy and forget the armenian genocide, or remember all slaughter.
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posted by jonathan even-zohar @ 10:48
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It was after the Gulf War that his mother and boyfriend at the time decided to 'descend' from the Holy land and set sail towards The Hague, being the birthplace of Even-Zohars
mother. Jonathan managed well in Grade school and High school, so the
next logical step was the University, the infinite source of knowledge.
After speculating on Industrial Design, Social Geography and Journalism
it was the study of History at Leiden that turned out to be his
decision.
Now, four years into the study, matters have only become more
complicated as this student advances towards World History; meaning the
complete array of fields a historian may implement in explaining the
entire past of the entire world to fellow men. It is especially the
philosophical character of World History that attracted Jonathan.
For him there is only one question that stands above all others like a
lonely chuchtower in some Flemish village, which asks the cause of the
Western Rise and the Industrial Revolution. Furthermore, the role of the
European self- and worldimage throughout its history may explain the
role of Europe in the Eurasian Human Web. Thus, the direct contact
between Islam and Christianity is to be investigated. Were Muslims
constantly on the verge of invading Europe? How did Arab people perceive
the 'barbaric' Christians? How was Science spread and how did the West
pick up knowledge form the Arabs or from further East? Europe and the
Islam are still not at peace, certainly not in the mind.
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