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Top 15 Genocides by Death Toll

Name the 15 most lethal genocides of recorded history.
Information from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genocides_by_death_toll
Many of these genocides are debated amongst historians, so take this quiz with a grain of salt.
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Last updated: August 27, 2020
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Lowest Estimate
Genocide
1
5,750,000
Holocaust
2
1,800,000
Holodomor
3
1,800,000
Nazi genocide of Poles
4
1,500,000
Mongol conquest of Western Xia
5
1,386,734
Cambodian genocide
6
1,300,000
Kazakh genocide
7
700,000
Armenian genocide
8
500,000
Indonesian genocide
9
500,000
Rwandan genocide
10
500,000
Greek genocide
11
480,000
Zunghar genocide
12
400,000
Circassian genocide
13
320,000
Serbian genocide
14
300,000
Genocide in Bangladesh
15
300,000
Pacification of Algeria
nerdalert
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Level 85
Aug 27, 2020
No Moghul invasion of India?
ImAFungi
+1
Level 65
Aug 28, 2020
As far as I know, Mongol (I assume this is the word you meant to use) invasions of China were military actions rather than genocides. However, I will need to look into it further.
TheRealGrantma
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Level 56
Aug 27, 2020
Please accept Holodomir, i forgot how to spell it.
ImAFungi
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Level 65
Aug 27, 2020
Sure (:
cpgatbyu
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Level 85
Aug 28, 2020
As indicated in the instructions, this list seems to be subject to serious definitional inconsistencies. It's not too hard to Google up professional papers arguing that the Khmer Rouge atrocities weren't genocide because international definitions thereof deliberately rule out killings because of politics or class. And it is hard to see why if Cambodia *is* listed, events like the Great Leap Forward wouldn't be.
ImAFungi
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Level 65
Aug 28, 2020
Whilst genocide is typically rooted in religious conflict, this is not always the case. The United Nations classifies the Khmer Rouge as a genocide, despite the political motivation. In terms of the Great Leap Forward, the event lacks one of the two primary characteristics required for it to be considered a genocide: the intentional targeting of a specific group. Whilst the Great Leap Forward was an awful period of history, Mao's campaign was technically not a genocide. The Cambodian Genocide, however, was intentional. I hope this clarifies everything.
Geography69
+1
Level 29
Oct 15, 2021
What about the genocide against the indigenous Americans????
TheGreat2357637
+1
Level 48
Jun 21, 2022
Not a single Event
Haypressing
+2
Level 43
Feb 19, 2022
Porajmos the Roma genocide. It's missing and has higher figures than the lowest ones here (say, 400,000 or 500,000).
TheGreat2357637
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Level 48
Jun 21, 2022
I'd consider the Irish potato famine a genocide.
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