Armenian Genocide: How Did the Outbreak of World War 1 Contribute to the Genocide of the Armenians?

First and foremost the Armenians spoke a different language, believed in a different religion and followed different customs to the Turks. The Armenians were often the scapegoats for many of the Ottoman Empire's problems. By the beginning of the 1700s the Ottoman Empire had reached its' biggest size but ruling over such a large area proved too much for the Empire. Other countries took over a lot of territory belonging to the Ottoman Empire. …