Armenia responds to Turkey on 'genocide' bill

According to Bernard Lewis, author of The Middle East - 2000 Years of History from the Rise of Christianity to the Present Day ( London, Phoenix, 2004 ), Armenia retained its " Christian character" while under Muslim occupation but, in 1915 when Armenian rebels rose against the Ottoman Empire, there were massive deportations and relocations of Armenian civilians that caused the deaths of millions of them. (pp. 218; 339-340)
Bernard Lewis, a leading Western historian on Islam and the Middle East, is the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. He is also known for his extensive research on the imperial archive of the Ottoman Empire. However, his academic as well as political critics often decry his 'Orientalism'.
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