He was so happy of his victory that ordered to curve the event on a stone hanging on one of the walls of its palace in Persepolis, noting that he captured Armenia. ... The total number of Armenians throughout the world exceeds 7 million with some 3 million living in Armenia, some one million living in former Soviet Union republics and some 1 million living in U.S. ... France, Russia, Greece, Argentina, EU parliament are on the list. ...

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In 1876 the Ottoman Empire fell into the hands of the new Sultan Abdul Hamid II, a man who openly expressed his distain toward Armenians, often referred to them as an "anathema" or abomination.1 Arminius Vambery, a Jewish born atheist and friend of the Sultan tells of a peaceful meeting between the two where Sultan Hamid openly says to Vambery that he intends to give the Armenians a "box on the ear [the eventual massacres] which will make them smart and relinquish their revolutionary ambitions.... It is important to note that these massacres were not spontaneous, but rather a ca...

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