article_snippet.sent: The village of Karakale (pictured in the 19th Century) was among hundreds destroyed as the Ottoman Empire laid waste to the region.
article_snippet.sent: Armenian lands (in red) were disputed just after the turn of the 20th Century, with bloody consequences .
article_snippet.sent: Armenians are Christians, while Turks are Muslims.
article_snippet.sent: The two groups had lived alongside each other for hundreds of years, but Ottoman Turks had always been on top.
article_snippet.sent: As Ottoman rule crumbled, rival nationalisms arose, and the Ottoman Empire to experience revolution in 1917 - also invaded.
article_snippet.sent: Armenians say Armenians were forced from Armenians homes, marched to mass graves and slaughtered.
article_snippet.sent: Some managed to flee south into modern-day Syria and the Levant, others to Russian-held land which is now modern-day Armenia.
article_snippet.sent: Armenia, which became a fully-fledged nation in Armenia modern form at the collapse of the Soviet Union, has campaigned for recognition of Armenia description of the deaths.
article_snippet.sent: Armenia modern borders are much smaller than the areas where the deaths occurred.
article_snippet.sent: Armenia capital, Kars, is now a symbol of the division over the deaths between the two countries: Armenia sits on the border but the frontier is closed.