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Genocides In History There is a long list of genocides committed through the ages in various parts of the world. Genocides had occurred as far back as biblical times. The Old Testament mentioned the genocide of the Amalekites and the Midianites. In the Third Punic War (149-146 BC) during the destruction of Carthage, a type of genocide called gendercide occurred where all the men in the group is killed and the females are forced to live with the conquering army. Some scholars, believed many acts of genocide were committed in the Americans against the aborigines and native americans in the 1400s by Europeans and their descendants. In Argentina, a military campaign called Conquest of the Desert took place in 1870 to purge the aborigines from Patagonia located in Argentina and Chile because they refused to submit to the government. In the War in the Vendée (1793–1796) that took place in France during the French Revolution, which is considered by an author of history to be the "First Modern Day" genocide.

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