Five Hundred Years' War or The Longest Genocide in Human History

Year 2023, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 108 - 123, 25.03.2023

Rukhsara Guliyeva

Abstract

After Columbus discovered America in 1492, the native population of the Americas declined significantly. The mass decline of the Indian population was the result of tribal wars, enslavement, massacres, disease, alcoholism, loss of natural resources and land, forced displacement and violence against the language, culture and religion of the tribes, provoked by the colonists. Due to the policies and measures taken by Europe and the United States in relation to the indigenous people of America, the number of the indigenous population of America has not only been greatly reduced, but also some Indian peoples have completely disappeared from the stage of history. For a long time, this issue was hushed up and not discussed. In modern times, there is enough research on this topic. Many call it the longest and deadliest genocide in the world. The death toll is estimated at 95-114 million people.

Keywords

Indian genocide, colonialism, expulsion of Indians, ethnic cleansing, Indian reservations, assimilation, cultural genocide