The Armenian genocide was the systematic killing and deportation of Armenians by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire. In 1915, during World War I, leaders of the Turkish government set in motion a plan to expel and massacre Armenians. By the early 1920s, when the massacres and deportations finally ended, between 600,000 and 1.5 million Armenians were dead, with many more forcibly removed from the country. Today, most historians call this event a genocide: a premeditated and systematic campaign to exterminate an entire people. However, the Turkish government still does not acknowledge the scope of these events.
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The Song dynasty lasted from 960 AD until 1279 AD in China. It was a period of enormous development, progress and population growth in Chinese history. Its advancements in technology, art, philosophy, science and economy made China one of the most developed countries in the world at the time, as can be seen from the dynasty’s list of accomplishments:
- First government to issue banknotes or paper money nationally.
- First Chinese government to establish a permanent standing navy.
- First known use of gunpowder.
- First ones to establish the true north by using a compass.
- The population of China doubled in size between the 10th and 11th centuries, which led to an economic revolution.
- Invented movable-type printing. Woodblock printing expanded, and with it, knowledge and literature spread.
- New philosophical interpretations of Confucius gave rise to Neo-Confucianism.
- It witnessed the shift from a military-aristocratic elite to a bureaucratic one.
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