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[creeper1]

What was the first genocide? Well probably there have been ones that we don't know about. Tribes often wipe each other out but I guess you need big numbers for it to qualify as a genocide

Here is the fourth installment of a tv show called "civilisation." I am warning you if you are of African origin you might get very angry.
Please watch to the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_x4GPmL9MI&feature=channel_video_title

[D.D.]

Whites on the east coast of canada basically killed most of the indians. I read a book once that said tribes tended not to try and wipe each other totally out.

[creeper1]

yeah I thought after I posted this that what happened to native Americans must be classified as a genocide too. Their numbers where absolutely decimated with westward expansion.

Still this African genocide is little known and quite interesting.

[young_clinton]

[rollo]

When ogg and his group met and ate, bogg and his group 35,000 years ago .
Perhaps more recent when tribes from the Ethiopian plateau moved into the Nile valley and wiped out everyone. maybe 7000 years ago.

[JMO]

There have been genocides since forever although obviously it would be often hard to completely wipe a people out.

The 3rd jewish war is obviously an example. Ironically it is one of the great roman emperors who was in charge (Hadrian). This had a massive effect on Jewish and Christian history. It is probable that Christianity (which was originally a jewish sect) was marketed in the empire as less jewish and more pacifist to distance themselves from the reputaion of jews and Judea as being extremely rebellious and violent. Of course when the empire became Christian the religion bent to the empire and became warlike instead of pacifist.

Another Roman example might be the third punic war. There are a few mongolian examples of mass depopulation also.

[JMO]

[edwardcatflap]

[young_clinton]

[JMO]

Well the clash between monotheism and polytheism had something to do with it but it was probably more for political reasons. Judea was unstable and the jews were always rebelling. I don't think it could be argued that a christian Rome wouldn't have done the same thing.

Christianity as a religion was shaped and moulded into what we know today by the roman empire after all. I don't know if christianity has made the world a better place to live or not. maybe if one of the other monotheistic cults floating around at that time had come to prominence things might have been different. I doubt there would have been much less or more bloodshed though. Religions in the end are created by people and we are violent.

The cult of Sol Invictus could have been the one. It had the same feast day as Christmas and was popular. It was also monotheistic. My fave emperor (at least top 3/5) Aurelian was a big devotee. He also had one of the coolest titles ever. Restitutor Orbis or restorer of the world! Awesome..pound for pound best emperor ever.

[northway]

[rollo]

Yeah in North America it was germs. Desoto's travels spread measles and other diseases which absolutely devastated the native population. Lewis and Clark who lived with the Mandan and had no grudge or issue with them probably killed them by bringing alien diseases. Also alcohol killed many.

[ChrisLamp]

there is alot of stuff in this post to debate but I just want to say that Europeans were murdering natives in the americas from Columbus to the time of Adrew Jackson. Also the wiping out of the Beothuk in Newfoundland is widely considered to be straight up Genocide.

[bucheon bum]

[travel zen]

Reading Japanese history, it was their way to 'destroy' entire clans down to suckling babes because of an offense by a few of the clan members. The Beppu Clan was a famous genocide of a people in Japan.