Inta lagu guda jiro 18aad iyo 19aad qarniyo kala duwan ololaha cadaadis ka dhanka ah dadka Masiixiyiinta ah iyo sidoo kale inta lagu guda jiro Ashuur, Armenian iyo Greek culminating
xasuuqyada ka dhacay dagaalkii koowaad ee aduunka, dumar iyo caruur badan oo asal ahaan kasoo jeeda qowmiyada Armenian, Assyrian iyo Greek Christian ayaa waxaa sida addoomo oo kale loola cararay Turkiga Cusmaaniyiinta ah iyo xulufadooda Kurdiyiinta ah. Henry Morgenthau, Sr., Safiirkii Mareykanka ee Constantinople 1913 ilaa 1916, wuxuu ku soo waramayaa buugiisa "Safiir Morgenthau's Story" in ay jireen kooxo ka ganacsada addoomo cadaan ah intii uu joogay Constantinople. Wuxuu sidoo kale soo sheegayaa in gabdhaha Armenia loo iibiyay addoon ahaan intii lagu jiray xasuuqii Armenia.