Why does the Armenian Genocide remain one of the most disputed chapters of modern history, and how do you separate documented evidence from denial talking points? Armenian Genocide: History, Evidence, and Legacy is designed for learners who want clarity, not vague summaries. You’ll begin with Armenians as an Ottoman minority, the roots of Armenian-Ottoman relations, and the pre-1915 violence that set dangerous precedents. This first section helps you see how propaganda, wartime fear, and political calculation can escalate fast, turning policy choices into mass atrocity and long-term trauma.

Next, you’ll move into the World War I years and track how the Ottoman government’s wartime policies shaped the catastrophe, including wartime accusations, official decisions, and the intent behind them. You’ll follow the events around April 24, 1915, then examine deportations and death marches, mass violence, survival, and the immediate consequences for families, communities, and culture. If timelines, names, and conflicting claims have ever felt impossible to untangle, this module gives you a clean, evidence-led structure that makes the history easier to grasp and harder to distort.

You’ll then test claims against sources by working with eyewitness testimony, contemporary documentation, and archival records, while learning how scholars evaluate intent and why evidence matters when history is contested. The course also explores Germany and the Ottoman alliance, what German officials knew, and why intervention did not happen, before comparing denial narratives with scholarly consensus. Finally, you’ll explore cultural loss, the Armenian diaspora, contested memory, recognition efforts, and how international law defines genocide as a crime against humanity. You’ll leave with sharper historical literacy and a clearer understanding of justice, remembrance, and prevention.