1. Ethnic Violence, Migrations, and Genocide Sam Edmark & Megan Pfohl

2. Migrations of Colonial Subjects ●After former colonies were given their independence some former subjects moved to their former imperial powers country. ●Many former imperial subjects felt that their former overlords were better at governing or simply were more loyal to the Imperial power then their new government. ●In some cases former subjects felt that the new government was run by a radical group that they didn’t trust.

3. Cultural and Economic Ties ●Trade between former colonies and their respective imperial powers usually continued despite new independance. ●Cultural ties such as games, art, food, and clothes continued between both the imperial power and the former colony. (ex. Cricket in india, bright dyes in Britain)

4. Armenian Genocide ●Genocide that was carried out by the Ottoman Empire during World War One. ●Was the response to a nationalist movement by the Armenians. ●Started with the arrest of movement leaders and the killing or enslavement of all able bodied Armenian men. ●Ended with the forced march of all the remaining Armenians into the Syrian Desert without food or water. ●1 to 1.5 million Armenians die as a result plus an unknown number of ethnic Greeks and Assyrians.

5. Cambodian Genocide ●Genocide started by the Khmer Rouge Regime. ●Based on Ethnic superiority, the idea of cleansing the population of the inferior ethnicities, and the idea of returning the country to an agrarian society. ●Started in 1975 and ended in 1979 with Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia. ●1.5 to 3.5 million Cambodians die as a result. ●Between 1975 and 1979 the Khmer Rouge banned religion and minority languages.

6. Rwandan Genocide ●Was a Genocide of the Tutsi minority within Rwanda. ●Started in 1994 ●Was a response to the Rwandan Civil War ●By the end of following conflicts many Tutsi and the majority Hutu had become refugees. ●.5 to 1 million Rwandans will die as a result.

7. Displacement of the Palestinians ●After a war with Israel all of Palestine will be occupied and many Palestinians will be forced to move to specific areas such as the Gaza strip and the West Bank. ●War was caused by many surrounding countries deciding to all prepare to attack Israel, which they claimed was not a lawful country. ●The war is a decisive victory for the US backed Israel as Israel is able to beat Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq. ●As a result the surrounding Arab countries are forced to acknowledge Israel as a sovereign nation in return for their land.

8. Displacement of the Darfur ●The region under Egypt has been extremely volatile since 1956. ●With a civil war between many different militant groups over 2.8 million people have been displaced. ●The amount of displaced people has created a humanitarian disaster as many of the basic requirements of human life cannot be met. ●The situation in the Aid camps however is much better than in the villages that have no defence against the various militias that continue to plague the region.