In the final years of the Ottoman Empire the Ottomans began the process of killing Armenians. From 1995 to 1998 the Ottomans began relocating Armenians from Armenia and relocating them in desserts. Armenians were also stripped of their wealth and were starved. The Armenian Genocide was continued in 1920 to 1923. It is estimated that one and a half million Armenians perished throughout the genocide.