Now you got me thinking… The oldest genocide I can think of is that of indigenous populations in the event of the colonization of the Americas, so the title goes to Portugal and Spain.
So I did some research and of course the Romans did it first in Carthage, so I guess it still counts as the West anyways, even though it’s pre-Christian Rome. Earlier Middle East genocides seemed to spare women and children and were more about forced assimilation than ethnical cleansing.
Appropriation???
The west invented modern genocide. It’s as white as being way to into hot chili’s like it’s a personality.
Now you got me thinking… The oldest genocide I can think of is that of indigenous populations in the event of the colonization of the Americas, so the title goes to Portugal and Spain.
So I did some research and of course the Romans did it first in Carthage, so I guess it still counts as the West anyways, even though it’s pre-Christian Rome. Earlier Middle East genocides seemed to spare women and children and were more about forced assimilation than ethnical cleansing.