Throughout history the region of Africa, currently known as Rwanda, has seen great rivalry and political instability. From the early 14th century to the 20th century, the Hutus and Tutsis found the perfect ingredients for a time bomb. The political structures set up along the way by the early settlers and German and Belgian settlers eventually lead to a division and hatred between the two groups. This hatred grew and eventually caused massive genocide. This genocide could have been avoided if the political structures had not led to favoritism and political divisions. Context: The nation of Rwanda was initially divided into three different ethnic groups. These groups were the Hutu, Tutsi and Twa. The Hutu made up about 85% of the population, while the Tutsi made up 14% and the Twa only less than 1%. The Twa are believed to be the first settlers of Rwanda. The people who were part of the Twa lived mainly in the forests and survived through hunting and gathering methods. As time passed the Hutus began to move into Rwanda. Their origin is unknown, but it is believed that they migrated to the Rwanda/Burundi area between the 5th and 11th centuries. They were a clan that survived on agriculture. Each Hutu clan had a king called Bahinza. The Hutu believed that the Bahinza could cause rain and protect their crops and livestock. Early Hutu-Tutsi relations: Tutsis began migrating to Rwanda in the early 14th century. It was not a mass movement, but slowly and peacefully the Tutsis began to conquer Rwanda. The Tutsis had many advantages over the Hutus. They owned far more livestock than the Hutu and had superior fighting skills. ... half of the card ... were favored over each other, but never gave the two groups a reason to believe they were different. Germany taxed them both equally, which led the Hutu to believe that they were both equal because they had to pay the same amount of money and both answered to the same ruler. The Belgians were most to blame for the disaster in Rwanda. They divided the two groups to the point where they gave them identity cards so that it would be known whether someone was legally Hutu or Tutsi. As if that wasn't enough, they favored the Tutsi most of the time and gave them many advantages, then right before they left they decided that they wanted to take those things away from the Tutsi and make the two groups equal. There was one last hope for peace when Belgium officially left, but extremists from both groups who didn't like the idea of ​​equality shattered it.