During the fourth century. the Armenian people became the first nation to embrace Christianity. Because of its strategic location. Armenia was subject to frequent invasion and the Armenian people were forced to comply with repressive policies pursued by the Turkish Empire. During a single year of the regime of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. more than 300.000 Armenians perished. But the worst was yet to come. In June 1915. the Turks announced a deportation policy to relocate the Armenian population. Turkish authorities forced Armenians to march from the Anatolian highlands to the desert region of eastern Syria. The decision to undertake this genocide was a conscious one.
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