Year of the Sword

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historical term name of genocide

Year of the Sword is a term used to refer to the Assyrian genocide, the mass killing and persecution of Assyrians in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

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Label Occurrences
Year of the Sword canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical term ⓘ
name of genocide ⓘ
appliesToEmpire Ottoman Empire ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup Assyrians ⓘ
associatedWithGenocideOf Syriacs ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian Christians

Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ
surface form: Chaldean Christians

Syriacs ⓘ
surface form: Syriac Christians
causeOf decline of Assyrian population in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
destruction of Assyrian villages ⓘ
long‑term Assyrian displacement ⓘ
characterizedBy death marches ⓘ
ethnic cleansing ⓘ
forced deportations ⓘ
massacres ⓘ
religious persecution ⓘ
commemoratedAs Assyrian Martyrs Day ⓘ
commemoratedBy Assyrian diaspora communities ⓘ
commemorationDate 7 August ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Sayfo ⓘ
Seyfo ⓘ
hasContext World War I ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Assyrians ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian people
hasMemoryIn Assyrian collective memory ⓘ
hasPoliticalAspect recognition of Assyrian genocide ⓘ
hasSubjectMatter crimes against humanity ⓘ
genocide of a Christian minority ⓘ
historicalRegion Hakkari region ⓘ
Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern Anatolia

Tur Abdin ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
West Azerbaijan Province ⓘ
surface form: Urmia region
languageOfName English ⓘ
perpetratorContext Ottoman authorities ⓘ
Armed forces of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman military forces

irregular militias in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
refersTo Assyrian genocide ⓘ
mass killing of Assyrians in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
persecution of Assyrians during World War I ⓘ
relatedEvent Armenian Genocide ⓘ
surface form: Armenian genocide

Greek genocide ⓘ
timePeriod 1914–1918 ⓘ
World War I era ⓘ
usedIn Assyrian nationalist discourse ⓘ
historiography of World War I in the Middle East ⓘ
human rights advocacy about genocides ⓘ
victimGroup Assyrian civilians ⓘ
Syriacs ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian clergy

Assyrian community leaders ⓘ

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Assyrian genocide → alsoKnownAs → Year of the Sword ⓘ
Sayfo → hasNameInEnglish → Year of the Sword ⓘ
Seyfo → alsoKnownAs → Year of the Sword ⓘ