Divyanshu67/squad_v2 huggingface dataset:
Armenians

The Arsacid Kingdom of Armenia, itself a branch of the Arsacid dynasty of Parthia, was the first state to adopt Christianity as its religion (it had formerly been adherent to Armenian paganism, which was influenced by Zoroastrianism, while later on adopting a few elements regarding identification of its pantheon with Greco-Roman deities). in the early years of the 4th century, likely AD 301, partly in defiance of the Sassanids it seems. In the late Parthian period, Armenia was a predominantly Zoroastrian-adhering land, but by the Christianisation, previously predominant Zoroastrianism and paganism in Armenia gradually declined. Later on, in order to further strengthen Armenian national identity, Mesrop Mashtots invented the Armenian alphabet, in 405 AD. This event ushered the Golden Age of Armenia, during which many foreign books and manuscripts were translated to Armenian by Mesrop's pupils. Armenia lost its sovereignty again in 428 AD to the rivalling Byzantine and Sassanid Persian empires, until the Muslim conquest of Persia overran also the regions in which Armenians lived.

Question: What was the first country to make Christianity its official religion?
Answer: The Arsacid Kingdom of Armenia

Question: What religion was Armenian paganism influenced by?
Answer: Zoroastrianism

Question: When did Armenia make Christianity its official religion?
Answer: AD 301

Question: Why did Armenia make Christianity its official religion?
Answer: in defiance of the Sassanids

Question: Who invented the Armenian alphabet?
Answer: Mesrop Mashtots

Question: What did the Arsacid Kingdom invent in 405 AD?

Question: What was a branch of Mesrop Mashtots?

Question: What was the first country to officially acopt Sassanids as its religion?

Question: What religion formerly existed in the Greco-Roman empire in 405 AD?

Question: When did the Greco-Roman empire officially adopt Christianity as its religion?
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In 885 AD the Armenians reestablished themselves as a sovereign kingdom under the leadership of Ashot I of the Bagratid Dynasty. A considerable portion of the Armenian nobility and peasantry fled the Byzantine occupation of Bagratid Armenia in 1045, and the subsequent invasion of the region by Seljuk Turks in 1064. They settled in large numbers in Cilicia, an Anatolian region where Armenians were already established as a minority since Roman times. In 1080, they founded an independent Armenian Principality then Kingdom of Cilicia, which became the focus of Armenian nationalism. The Armenians developed close social, cultural, military, and religious ties with nearby Crusader States, but eventually succumbed to Mamluk invasions. In the next few centuries, Djenghis Khan, Timurids, and the tribal Turkic federations of the Ak Koyunlu and the Kara Koyunlu ruled over the Armenians.

Question: When did Armenia become a sovereign kingdom?
Answer: 885 AD

Question: Under which ruler did Armenia become a sovereign kingdom?
Answer: Ashot I

Question: What dynasty was Ashot I part of?
Answer: the Bagratid Dynasty

Question: Who invaded Armenia in 1064?
Answer: Seljuk Turks

Question: What Turkic federations ruled Armenia?
Answer: the Ak Koyunlu and the Kara Koyunlu

Question: What did the Seljuk Turks invade in 885 AD?

Question: What group fled the invasion of the Mamluk in 885 AD?

Question: What are some groups that ruled over the Mamluk over the centuries?

Question: What ties did Djengis Khan develop with Crusader States?

Question: What group eventually succumbed to Anatolian invasions?
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From the early 16th century, both Western Armenia and Eastern Armenia fell under Iranian Safavid rule. Owing to the century long Turco-Iranian geo-political rivalry that would last in Western Asia, significant parts of the region were frequently fought over between the two rivalling empires. From the mid 16th century with the Peace of Amasya, and decisively from the first half of the 17th century with the Treaty of Zuhab until the first half of the 19th century, Eastern Armenia was ruled by the successive Iranian Safavid, Afsharid and Qajar empires, while Western Armenia remained under Ottoman rule. In the late 1820s, the parts of historic Armenia under Iranian control centering on Yerevan and Lake Sevan (all of Eastern Armenia) were incorporated into the Russian Empire following Iran's forced ceding of the territories after its loss in the Russo-Persian War (1826-1828) and the outcoming Treaty of Turkmenchay. Western Armenia however, remained in Ottoman hands.

Question: When did the Russo-Persian War begin?
Answer: 1826

Question: When did the Russo-Persian War end?
Answer: 1828

Question: What treaty ended the Russo-Persian War?
Answer: Treaty of Turkmenchay

Question: When did parts of Armenia under Iranian control become part of Russia?
Answer: In the late 1820s

Question: When was the Peace of Amasya?
Answer: mid 16th century

Question: What came under Russian rule in the early 16th century?

Question: Why did Western and Eastern Armenia come under Russian rule in the early 16th century?

Question: In what year did the Safavid-Qajar war begin?

Question: What year did the Safavid-Qajar war end?

Question: What war did Russia lose in the late 1820's?
Armenians

Governments of Republic of Turkey since that time have consistently rejected charges of genocide, typically arguing either that those Armenians who died were simply in the way of a war or that killings of Armenians were justified by their individual or collective support for the enemies of the Ottoman Empire. Passage of legislation in various foreign countries condemning the persecution of the Armenians as genocide has often provoked diplomatic conflict. (See Recognition of the Armenian Genocide)

Question: Who says they didn't kill Armenians as genocide, just because they were 'in the way of the war'?
Answer: Governments of Republic of Turkey

Question: What has happened when other countries condemned Armenian genocide?
Answer: diplomatic conflict

Question: Who ruled Turkey when the Armenian genocide happened?
Answer: the Ottoman Empire

Question: What has the government of Armenia consistently rejected?

Question: What do foreign countries argue that justifies the killings of the people of Turkey?

Question: What does talking about the Ottoman Empire provoke?

Question: How do foreign countries categorize citizens of Turkey who died?

Question: What does Turkey want to pass to condemn the Ottoman genocide?
Armenians

Following the breakup of the Russian Empire in the aftermath of World War I for a brief period, from 1918 to 1920, Armenia was an independent republic. In late 1920, the communists came to power following an invasion of Armenia by the Red Army, and in 1922, Armenia became part of the Transcaucasian SFSR of the Soviet Union, later forming the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1936 to September 21, 1991). In 1991, Armenia declared independence from the USSR and established the second Republic of Armenia.

Question: What was Armenia's status from 1918 to 1920?
Answer: independent republic

Question: When did communists take over Armenia?
Answer: late 1920

Question: Who invaded Armenia in 1920?
Answer: the Red Army

Question: What part of the USSR did Armenia join?
Answer: the Transcaucasian SFSR

Question: When did Armenia leave the USSR?
Answer: 1991

Question: When was the Red Army part of an independent republic after the Russian Empire breakup?

Question: Who invaded Russia in 1920?

Question: When did Russia become independent from the USSR?

Question: When did the Russian Empire come to power and invade the Transcaucasian SFSR?

Question: What part of the Red Army did the communists join in 1991?
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Armenians have had a presence in the Armenian Highland for over four thousand years, since the time when Hayk, the legendary patriarch and founder of the first Armenian nation, led them to victory over Bel of Babylon. Today, with a population of 3.5 million, they not only constitute an overwhelming majority in Armenia, but also in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenians in the diaspora informally refer to them as Hayastantsis (Հայաստանցի), meaning those that are from Armenia (that is, those born and raised in Armenia). They, as well as the Armenians of Iran and Russia speak the Eastern dialect of the Armenian language. The country itself is secular as a result of Soviet domination, but most of its citizens identify themselves as Apostolic Armenian Christian.

Question: How long have Armenians lived in the highlands?
Answer: over four thousand years

Question: Who founded the first Armenian nation?
Answer: Hayk

Question: Who did Hayk defeat?
Answer: Bel of Babylon

Question: How many native Armenians are in Armenia today?
Answer: 3.5 million

Question: What does Hayastantsis mean?
Answer: those that are from Armenia

Question: How long have Russians lived in the Armenian Highland?

Question: Who founded the first Iranian nation?

Question: Who did Hayk lead the Russians to victory over?

Question: What is the population of Iran today?

Question: What does the name Hayk mean?
Armenians

Small Armenian trading and religious communities have existed outside of Armenia for centuries. For example, a community has existed for over a millennium in the Holy Land, and one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of Jerusalem has been called the Armenian Quarter. An Armenian Catholic monastic community of 35 founded in 1717 exists on an island near Venice, Italy. There are also remnants of formerly populous communities in India, Myanmar, Thailand, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt.[citation needed]

Question: What is the Armenian Quarter?
Answer: one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of Jerusalem

Question: How many people live in the Armenian monastery in or near Italy?
Answer: 35

Question: When was the Italian Armenian monastery founded?
Answer: 1717

Question: What religion is the Italian Armenian monastery?
Answer: Catholic

Question: Where is the Italian Armenian monastery?
Answer: on an island near Venice

Question: How long have Catholic communities existed outside Austria?

Question: What is the Italian Quarter?

Question: When was Venice, Italy founded?

Question: Where is the Hungarian monastery?

Question: How many people live in the Austrian monastery near Jerusalem?
Armenians

Within the diasporan Armenian community, there is an unofficial classification of the different kinds of Armenians. For example, Armenians who originate from Iran are referred to as Parskahay (Պարսկահայ), while Armenians from Lebanon are usually referred to as Lipananahay (Լիբանանահայ). Armenians of the Diaspora are the primary speakers of the Western dialect of the Armenian language. This dialect has considerable differences with Eastern Armenian, but speakers of either of the two variations can usually understand each other. Eastern Armenian in the diaspora is primarily spoken in Iran and European countries such as Ukraine, Russia, and Georgia (where they form a majority in the Samtskhe-Javakheti province). In diverse communities (such as in Canada and the U.S.) where many different kinds of Armenians live together, there is a tendency for the different groups to cluster together.

Question: What are Parskahay?
Answer: Armenians who originate from Iran

Question: What are Lipananahay?
Answer: Armenians from Lebanon

Question: What dialect do most Diaspora Armenians speak?
Answer: Western

Question: How similar is Western Armenian to Eastern Armenian dialect?
Answer: considerable differences with Eastern Armenian, but speakers of either of the two variations can usually understand each other

Question: What type of Armenian is spoken by Armenians in Iran and Russia?
Answer: Eastern

Question: What can speakers of the variations of Parskahay do?

Question: In what province do Canadians have a majority?

Question: What do groups of Russians do when they live in the US?

Question: How are Russians from Iran classified?

Question: How are Russians from Lebanon referred to?
Armenians

Armenia established a Church that still exists independently of both the Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox churches, having become so in 451 AD as a result of its stance regarding the Council of Chalcedon. Today this church is known as the Armenian Apostolic Church, which is a part of the Oriental Orthodox communion, not to be confused with the Eastern Orthodox communion. During its later political eclipses, Armenia depended on the church to preserve and protect its unique identity. The original location of the Armenian Catholicosate is Echmiadzin. However, the continuous upheavals, which characterized the political scenes of Armenia, made the political power move to safer places. The Church center moved as well to different locations together with the political authority. Therefore, it eventually moved to Cilicia as the Holy See of Cilicia.

Question: When did Armenia's church become independent?
Answer: 451 AD

Question: What is Armenia's church called?
Answer: Armenian Apostolic Church

Question: What type of Catholicism is Armenia's church part of?
Answer: Oriental Orthodox

Question: Where was the Armenian Catholicosate located at first?
Answer: Echmiadzin

Question: Where did the Armenian Catholicosate move to?
Answer: Cilicia

Question: When did the Echmiadzin church gain independence?

Question: Why did the Echmiadzin church become independent?

Question: What church is part of the Eastern Orthodox communion?

Question: What did the Council of Chalcedon depend on the church to do?

Question: Where did Echmiadzin move to because it was safer?
Armenians

The Armenians collective has, at times, constituted a Christian "island" in a mostly Muslim region. There is, however, a minority of ethnic Armenian Muslims, known as Hamshenis but many Armenians view them as a separate race, while the history of the Jews in Armenia dates back 2,000 years. The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia had close ties to European Crusader States. Later on, the deteriorating situation in the region led the bishops of Armenia to elect a Catholicos in Etchmiadzin, the original seat of the Catholicosate. In 1441, a new Catholicos was elected in Etchmiadzin in the person of Kirakos Virapetsi, while Krikor Moussapegiants preserved his title as Catholicos of Cilicia. Therefore, since 1441, there have been two Catholicosates in the Armenian Church with equal rights and privileges, and with their respective jurisdictions. The primacy of honor of the Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin has always been recognized by the Catholicosate of Cilicia.

Question: What religion is dominant in the countries surrounding Armenia?
Answer: Muslim

Question: What are Hamshenis?
Answer: ethnic Armenian Muslims

Question: Who became Catholicos in Etchmiadzin in 1441?
Answer: Kirakos Virapetsi

Question: Who remained Catholicos of Cilicia?
Answer: Krikor Moussapegiants

Question: How do the two Catholicosates compare?
Answer: equal rights and privileges

Question: What did the Armenian Muslims have close ties to?

Question: What other religion has been surrounded by a Christian majority?

Question: How do Muslims in Armenia view Hamshenis?

Question: How long have Christians been involved in Eurpean Crusader States?

Question: Since the existence of Eurppean Crusaider States, what has there been in the Hamshenis Church?
Armenians

While the Armenian Apostolic Church remains the most prominent church in the Armenian community throughout the world, Armenians (especially in the diaspora) subscribe to any number of other Christian denominations. These include the Armenian Catholic Church (which follows its own liturgy but recognizes the Roman Catholic Pope), the Armenian Evangelical Church, which started as a reformation in the Mother church but later broke away, and the Armenian Brotherhood Church, which was born in the Armenian Evangelical Church, but later broke apart from it. There are other numerous Armenian churches belonging to Protestant denominations of all kinds.

Question: Which Armenian church recognizes the Pope?
Answer: Armenian Catholic Church

Question: What broke away from the Armenian Apostolic Church?
Answer: Armenian Evangelical Church

Question: What broke away from the Armenian Evangelical Church?
Answer: Armenian Brotherhood Church

Question: Which Armenian church is the most popular in Armenia?
Answer: Armenian Apostolic Church

Question: Who does the Armenian Evangelical Church recognize?

Question: How was the Armenian Catholic Church formed?

Question: What does the Armenian Evangelical Church follow?

Question: What is the most popular Protestant church to Christians?

Question: What church did the Armenian Apostolic Church break away from?
Armenians

Armenian literature dates back to 400 AD, when Mesrop Mashtots first invented the Armenian alphabet. This period of time is often viewed as the Golden Age of Armenian literature. Early Armenian literature was written by the "father of Armenian history", Moses of Chorene, who authored The History of Armenia. The book covers the time-frame from the formation of the Armenian people to the fifth century AD. The nineteenth century beheld a great literary movement that was to give rise to modern Armenian literature. This period of time, during which Armenian culture flourished, is known as the Revival period (Zartonki sherchan). The Revivalist authors of Constantinople and Tiflis, almost identical to the Romanticists of Europe, were interested in encouraging Armenian nationalism. Most of them adopted the newly created Eastern or Western variants of the Armenian language depending on the targeted audience, and preferred them over classical Armenian (grabar). This period ended after the Hamidian massacres, when Armenians experienced turbulent times. As Armenian history of the 1920s and of the Genocide came to be more openly discussed, writers like Paruyr Sevak, Gevork Emin, Silva Kaputikyan and Hovhannes Shiraz began a new era of literature.

Question: Who came up with the Armenian alphabet?
Answer: Mesrop Mashtots

Question: When did Armenian writing begin?
Answer: 400 AD

Question: Who was the 'father of Armenian history'?
Answer: Moses of Chorene

Question: Who wrote 'The History of Armenia'?
Answer: Moses of Chorene

Question: Which European movement were the Revivalist authors similar to?
Answer: Romanticists

Question: When did Gevork Emin invent the Armenian alphabet?

Question: When did European writing begin?

Question: What other name was given to Paruyr Sevak?

Question: What work was written by Silva Kaputikyan?

Question: What was Zartonki Sherchan interested in openly discussing?
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The first Armenian churches were built between the 4th and 7th century, beginning when Armenia converted to Christianity, and ending with the Arab invasion of Armenia. The early churches were mostly simple basilicas, but some with side apses. By the fifth century the typical cupola cone in the center had become widely used. By the seventh century, centrally planned churches had been built and a more complicated niched buttress and radiating Hrip'simé style had formed. By the time of the Arab invasion, most of what we now know as classical Armenian architecture had formed.

Question: When were early Armenian Christian churches built?
Answer: between the 4th and 7th century

Question: In which century did Armenia become Christian?
Answer: 4th

Question: What radiating style are some Armenian churches built with?
Answer: Hrip'simé

Question: When were Armenian churches built with center cupola cones?
Answer: fifth century

Question: When were Armenian churches built with niched buttresses?
Answer: seventh century

Question: When were the first Arab structures built?

Question: What style of architecture so some Arab structures use?

Question: What had formed when Hrip'sime became Christian?

Question: What had become widely used in early churches?

Question: What did some churches sometimes have in the fifth century?
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From the 9th to 11th century, Armenian architecture underwent a revival under the patronage of the Bagratid Dynasty with a great deal of building done in the area of Lake Van, this included both traditional styles and new innovations. Ornately carved Armenian Khachkars were developed during this time. Many new cities and churches were built during this time, including a new capital at Lake Van and a new Cathedral on Akdamar Island to match. The Cathedral of Ani was also completed during this dynasty. It was during this time that the first major monasteries, such as Haghpat and Haritchavank were built. This period was ended by the Seljuk invasion.

Question: Who invaded Armenia in the 11th century?
Answer: Seljuk

Question: What Armenian monasteries were built in the 11th century?
Answer: Haghpat and Haritchavank

Question: When was there an Armenian architecture revival?
Answer: From the 9th to 11th century

Question: What dynasty ruled Armenia in the 10th century?
Answer: Bagratid Dynasty

Question: What was ornately carved in the 9th-11th centuries?
Answer: Armenian Khachkars

Question: Who was Khachkar invaded by in the 11th century?

Question: Where was a new monastery built after the Seljuk invasion?

Question: What cathedral was completed during the Khachkar dynasty?

Question: What two major monasteries were built during the Khachkar dynasty?

Question: What building style was used in the area of Haritchavank?
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During Soviet rule, Armenian athletes rose to prominence winning plenty of medals and helping the USSR win the medal standings at the Olympics on numerous occasions. The first medal won by an Armenian in modern Olympic history was by Hrant Shahinyan, who won two golds and two silvers in gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. In football, their most successful team was Yerevan's FC Ararat, which had claimed most of the Soviet championships in the 70s and had also gone to post victories against professional clubs like FC Bayern Munich in the Euro cup.

Question: When did Armenia begin winning Olympic medals?
Answer: 1952

Question: Where were the 1952 Olympics held?
Answer: Helsinki

Question: Which Armenian football team was the most successful?
Answer: Yerevan's FC Ararat

Question: What pro team has FC Ararat beaten?
Answer: FC Bayern Munich

Question: Who won Armenia's first Olympic medal?
Answer: Hrant Shahinyan

Question: When did FC Bayern Munich first win olympic medals?

Question: Where were the 1970 olympics located?

Question: Who was the first person from Munich to win medals in the olympics?

Question: What medals did Yerevan's FC Ararat win in the 1952 olympics?

Question: Who did Hrant Shahinyan beat in the Euro cup?
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Instruments like the duduk, the dhol, the zurna and the kanun are commonly found in Armenian folk music. Artists such as Sayat Nova are famous due to their influence in the development of Armenian folk music. One of the oldest types of Armenian music is the Armenian chant which is the most common kind of religious music in Armenia. Many of these chants are ancient in origin, extending to pre-Christian times, while others are relatively modern, including several composed by Saint Mesrop Mashtots, the inventor of the Armenian alphabet. Whilst under Soviet rule, Armenian classical music composer Aram Khatchaturian became internationally well known for his music, for various ballets and the Sabre Dance from his composition for the ballet Gayane.

Question: What kind of music does Sayat Nova play?
Answer: Armenian folk music

Question: What instruments are used in Armenian folk music?
Answer: the duduk, the dhol, the zurna and the kanun

Question: What kind of Armenian religious music is prevalent?
Answer: the Armenian chant

Question: What did Mashtots do besides composing religious chants?
Answer: inventor of the Armenian alphabet

Question: What was Aram Khatchaturian's career?
Answer: classical music composer

Question: What did Saint Sabre invent?

Question: What instruments is Aram Khatchaturian famous for playing?

Question: What did Sayat Nova create the Sabre Dance for?

Question: What did Sayat Nova create besides the Armenian alphabet?

Question: Under who's rule did Mesrop Mashots become famous internationally?
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The Armenian Genocide caused widespread emigration that led to the settlement of Armenians in various countries in the world. Armenians kept to their traditions and certain diasporans rose to fame with their music. In the post-Genocide Armenian community of the United States, the so-called "kef" style Armenian dance music, using Armenian and Middle Eastern folk instruments (often electrified/amplified) and some western instruments, was popular. This style preserved the folk songs and dances of Western Armenia, and many artists also played the contemporary popular songs of Turkey and other Middle Eastern countries from which the Armenians emigrated. Richard Hagopian is perhaps the most famous artist of the traditional "kef" style and the Vosbikian Band was notable in the 40s and 50s for developing their own style of "kef music" heavily influenced by the popular American Big Band Jazz of the time. Later, stemming from the Middle Eastern Armenian diaspora and influenced by Continental European (especially French) pop music, the Armenian pop music genre grew to fame in the 60s and 70s with artists such as Adiss Harmandian and Harout Pamboukjian performing to the Armenian diaspora and Armenia. Also with artists such as Sirusho, performing pop music combined with Armenian folk music in today's entertainment industry. Other Armenian diasporans that rose to fame in classical or international music circles are world-renowned French-Armenian singer and composer Charles Aznavour, pianist Sahan Arzruni, prominent opera sopranos such as Hasmik Papian and more recently Isabel Bayrakdarian and Anna Kasyan. Certain Armenians settled to sing non-Armenian tunes such as the heavy metal band System of a Down (which nonetheless often incorporates traditional Armenian instrumentals and styling into their songs) or pop star Cher. Ruben Hakobyan (Ruben Sasuntsi) is a well recognized Armenian ethnographic and patriotic folk singer who has achieved widespread national recognition due to his devotion to Armenian folk music and exceptional talent. In the Armenian diaspora, Armenian revolutionary songs are popular with the youth.[citation needed] These songs encourage Armenian patriotism and are generally about Armenian history and national heroes.

Question: What type of music is Richard Hagopian famous for?
Answer: the traditional "kef" style

Question: What instruments does 'kef' use?
Answer: Armenian and Middle Eastern folk instruments (often electrified/amplified) and some western instruments

Question: What type of music does Sirusho perform?
Answer: pop music combined with Armenian folk music

Question: What nationality is Charles Aznavour?
Answer: French-Armenian

Question: What US heavy metal band is comprised of Armenians?
Answer: System of a Down

Question: What two pop artists became famous in Turkey the 40's and 50's?

Question: What event was caused by French influence that led to widespread Armenian emigration?

Question: What dance style was popular after people of Turkey emigrated to the US?

Question: Who is the most popular member of System of a Down?

Question: What famous opera singers used the kef style?
Armenians

Carpet-weaving is historically a major traditional profession for the majority of Armenian women, including many Armenian families. Prominent Karabakh carpet weavers there were men too. The oldest extant Armenian carpet from the region, referred to as Artsakh (see also Karabakh carpet) during the medieval era, is from the village of Banants (near Gandzak) and dates to the early 13th century. The first time that the Armenian word for carpet, gorg, was used in historical sources was in a 1242–1243 Armenian inscription on the wall of the Kaptavan Church in Artsakh.

Question: What job do many Armenian women traditionally do?
Answer: Carpet-weaving

Question: When is the earliest known Armenian carpet from?
Answer: early 13th century

Question: Where is the earliest known Armenian carpet from?
Answer: the village of Banants (near Gandzak)

Question: What is 'gorg'?
Answer: the Armenian word for carpet

Question: Where is the earliest known use of 'gorg'?
Answer: in a 1242–1243 Armenian inscription on the wall of the Kaptavan Church in Artsakh

Question: What is the Armenian word for weaving?

Question: When was the first time the word for weaving was used?

Question: What is the traditional profession of Kaptavians?

Question: When was the earliest medieval church founded?

Question: Where is the earliest medieval church from?
Armenians

Art historian Hravard Hakobyan notes that "Artsakh carpets occupy a special place in the history of Armenian carpet-making." Common themes and patterns found on Armenian carpets were the depiction of dragons and eagles. They were diverse in style, rich in color and ornamental motifs, and were even separated in categories depending on what sort of animals were depicted on them, such as artsvagorgs (eagle-carpets), vishapagorgs (dragon-carpets) and otsagorgs (serpent-carpets). The rug mentioned in the Kaptavan inscriptions is composed of three arches, "covered with vegatative ornaments", and bears an artistic resemblance to the illuminated manuscripts produced in Artsakh.

Question: What is Hakobyan's career?
Answer: Art historian

Question: What creatures are often depicted on Armenian carpets?
Answer: dragons and eagles

Question: What are artsvagorgs?
Answer: eagle-carpets

Question: What are vishapagorgs?
Answer: dragon-carpets

Question: What are otsagorgs?
Answer: serpent-carpets

Question: What is Artsakh's profession?

Question: What two motifs were usually found in Kaptavian inscriptions?

Question: What are the Hravard inscriptions composed of?

Question: What are the Hravard inscriptions similar to?

Question: What are manuscripts separated into depending on the animals on them?
Armenians

Armenians enjoy many different native and foreign foods. Arguably the favorite food is khorovats an Armenian-styled barbecue. Lavash is a very popular Armenian flat bread, and Armenian paklava is a popular dessert made from filo dough. Other famous Armenian foods include the kabob (a skewer of marinated roasted meat and vegetables), various dolmas (minced lamb, or beef meat and rice wrapped in grape leaves, cabbage leaves, or stuffed into hollowed vegetables), and pilaf, a rice dish. Also, ghapama, a rice-stuffed pumpkin dish, and many different salads are popular in Armenian culture. Fruits play a large part in the Armenian diet. Apricots (Prunus armeniaca, also known as Armenian Plum) have been grown in Armenia for centuries and have a reputation for having an especially good flavor. Peaches are popular as well, as are grapes, figs, pomegranates, and melons. Preserves are made from many fruits, including cornelian cherries, young walnuts, sea buckthorn, mulberries, sour cherries, and many others.

Question: What is khorovats?
Answer: an Armenian-styled barbecue

Question: What is lavash?
Answer: Armenian flat bread

Question: What is paklava?
Answer: a popular dessert made from filo dough

Question: What is a kabob?
Answer: a skewer of marinated roasted meat and vegetables

Question: What is ghapama?
Answer: a rice-stuffed pumpkin dish

Question: What is the favorite fruit that is part of Armenian-style barbecue?

Question: How long have cornelian cherries been grown in Armenia?

Question: What reputation do cornelian cherries have?

Question: What is a dish called that uses fruits, grapes and figs?

Question: What is a popular grape leaf in Armenia?
Jehovah%27s_Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity. The group claims a worldwide membership of more than 8.2 million adherents involved in evangelism, convention attendance figures of more than 15 million, and an annual Memorial attendance of more than 19.9 million. Jehovah's Witnesses are directed by the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, a group of elders in Brooklyn, New York, which establishes all doctrines based on its interpretations of the Bible. They prefer to use their own translation, the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, although their literature occasionally quotes and cites other translations. They believe that the destruction of the present world system at Armageddon is imminent, and that the establishment of God's kingdom over the earth is the only solution for all problems faced by humanity.

Question: What are the Jehovah Witnesses?
Answer: millenarian restorationist Christian denomination

Question: What are the beliefs of Jehovah Witnesses distinct from?
Answer: mainstream Christianity

Question: How many adherents worldwide does the group claim?
Answer: more than 8.2 million

Question: Who is in charges of directing the Jehovah Witnesses?
Answer: Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses

Question: Where are the group elders located?
Answer: Brooklyn, New York

Question: How many Jehovah Witnesses adherents live in the United States?

Question: Where was Jehovah Witnesses founded?

Question: How many Jehovah Witnesses are involved in evangelism in the United States?

Question: Where do Jehovah Witnesses believe Armageddon will get its start?
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Jehovah's Witnesses are best known for their door-to-door preaching, distributing literature such as The Watchtower and Awake!, and refusing military service and blood transfusions. They consider use of the name Jehovah vital for proper worship. They reject Trinitarianism, inherent immortality of the soul, and hellfire, which they consider to be unscriptural doctrines. They do not observe Christmas, Easter, birthdays or other holidays and customs they consider to have pagan origins incompatible with Christianity. Adherents commonly refer to their body of beliefs as "the truth" and consider themselves to be "in the truth". They consider secular society to be morally corrupt and under the influence of Satan, and most limit their social interaction with non-Witnesses. Congregational disciplinary actions include disfellowshipping, their term for formal expulsion and shunning. Baptized individuals who formally leave are considered disassociated and are also shunned. Disfellowshipped and disassociated individuals may eventually be reinstated if deemed repentant.

Question: What are Jehovah witnesses best known for?
Answer: their door-to-door preaching

Question: What do Jehovah Witnesses refuse?
Answer: military service and blood transfusions

Question: What do Jehovah Witnesses consider the name Jehovah vital for?
Answer: proper worship

Question: Why do Jehovah Witnesses reject inherent immortality of the soul, hellfire and Trinitarianism?
Answer: they consider to be unscriptural doctrines

Question: Why don't Jehovah Witnesses celebrate the usual holidays and customs?
Answer: they consider to have pagan origins

Question: What  in one of the Christian religions that observes Christmas?

Question: What is one of the Christian religions that celebrates Easter?

Question: What is one of the Christian religions which believes in Trinitarianism?

Question: Which a Christian religion that allows blood transfusions?

Question: What is a religion that doesn't limit social interactions with non-believers?
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In 1870, Charles Taze Russell and others formed a group in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to study the Bible. During the course of his ministry, Russell disputed many beliefs of mainstream Christianity including immortality of the soul, hellfire, predestination, the fleshly return of Jesus Christ, the Trinity, and the burning up of the world. In 1876, Russell met Nelson H. Barbour; later that year they jointly produced the book Three Worlds, which combined restitutionist views with end time prophecy. The book taught that God's dealings with humanity were divided dispensationally, each ending with a "harvest," that Christ had returned as an invisible spirit being in 1874 inaugurating the "harvest of the Gospel age," and that 1914 would mark the end of a 2520-year period called "the Gentile Times," at which time world society would be replaced by the full establishment of God's kingdom on earth. Beginning in 1878 Russell and Barbour jointly edited a religious journal, Herald of the Morning. In June 1879 the two split over doctrinal differences, and in July, Russell began publishing the magazine Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, stating that its purpose was to demonstrate that the world was in "the last days," and that a new age of earthly and human restitution under the reign of Christ was imminent.

Question: When did Charles Taze Russell form a group?
Answer: 1870

Question: Where did Russell and others form their group?
Answer: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Question: What was the purpose of Russell's group?
Answer: to study the Bible

Question: When Russell met Nelson H. Barbour in 1876, they jointly produced what book?
Answer: Three Worlds

Question: 1914 would mark the end of a 2520 year period known as what?
Answer: the Gentile Times

Question: What was the name of a member in Charles Taze Russell's group in 1870?

Question: What major event occurred in 1914?

Question: In what year did Nelson H. Barbour die?

Question: What was one of the doctrinal differences that Russell and Barbour had?
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From 1879, Watch Tower supporters gathered as autonomous congregations to study the Bible topically. Thirty congregations were founded, and during 1879 and 1880, Russell visited each to provide the format he recommended for conducting meetings. As congregations continued to form during Russell's ministry, they each remained self-administrative, functioning under the congregationalist style of church governance. In 1881, Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society was presided over by William Henry Conley, and in 1884, Charles Taze Russell incorporated the society as a non-profit business to distribute tracts and Bibles. By about 1900, Russell had organized thousands of part- and full-time colporteurs, and was appointing foreign missionaries and establishing branch offices. By the 1910s, Russell's organization maintained nearly a hundred "pilgrims," or traveling preachers. Russell engaged in significant global publishing efforts during his ministry, and by 1912, he was the most distributed Christian author in the United States.

Question: When did Watch Tower supporters gather as autonomous congregations to study the Bible?
Answer: From 1879

Question: How many congregations were founded?
Answer: Thirty

Question: When did Russell visit each of the congregations to provide the format he recommended to conduct their meetings?
Answer: during 1879 and 1880

Question: What did the congregations which continued to form during Russell's ministry remain?
Answer: self-administrative

Question: Who presided over Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society in 1881?
Answer: William Henry Conley

Question: Who was the most distributed Christian author in the world in 1912?

Question: Who presided over Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society in 1900?

Question: In what year did Charles Taze Russell die?

Question: In what year did William Henry Conley die?

Question: How many foreign missionaries did Charles Taze Russell appoint?
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Russell moved the Watch Tower Society's headquarters to Brooklyn, New York, in 1909, combining printing and corporate offices with a house of worship; volunteers were housed in a nearby residence he named Bethel. He identified the religious movement as "Bible Students," and more formally as the International Bible Students Association. By 1910, about 50,000 people worldwide were associated with the movement and congregations re-elected him annually as their "pastor." Russell died October 31, 1916, at the age of 64 while returning from a ministerial speaking tour.

Question: When did Russell move the Society's headquarters to Brooklyn?
Answer: 1909

Question: What did Russell combine at the headquarters?
Answer: printing and corporate offices with a house of worship

Question: What was the name of the residence where volunteers were housed?
Answer: Bethel

Question: How many people worldwide were associated with Russell's movement by 1910?
Answer: about 50,000 people

Question: When did Russell die?
Answer: October 31, 1916

Question: In what month in 1909 did Russell move the Watch Tower Societies headquarters to Brooklyn, New York?

Question: In what year did Russell establish the International Bible Students Association?

Question: How many people in the United States were associated with Jehovah's Witnesses as of 1910?

Question: In what year had Russell established the Watch Tower Society?

Question: What was one of the cities on Russell's 1916 ministerial speaking tour?
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In January 1917, the Watch Tower Society's legal representative, Joseph Franklin Rutherford, was elected as its next president. His election was disputed, and members of the Board of Directors accused him of acting in an autocratic and secretive manner. The divisions between his supporters and opponents triggered a major turnover of members over the next decade. In June 1917, he released The Finished Mystery as a seventh volume of Russell's Studies in the Scriptures series. The book, published as the posthumous work of Russell, was a compilation of his commentaries on the Bible books of Ezekiel and Revelation, plus numerous additions by Bible Students Clayton Woodworth and George Fisher. It strongly criticized Catholic and Protestant clergy and Christian involvement in the Great War. As a result, Watch Tower Society directors were jailed for sedition under the Espionage Act in 1918 and members were subjected to mob violence; charges against the directors were dropped in 1920.

Question: Who was elected as the Watch Tower Society's president in January of 1917?
Answer: Joseph Franklin Rutherford

Question: What had Rutherford been before being elected the group's president?
Answer: legal representative

Question: When did Rutherford release The Finished Mystery?
Answer: June 1917,

Question: Who did the Finished Mystery strongly criticize? 
Answer: Catholic and Protestant clergy

Question: What were Watch Tower Society directors jailed for?
Answer: sedition

Question: In what year did Joseph Franklin Rutherford become the legal representative of the Watch Tower Society?

Question: Who was one of the prominent people that disputed Joseph Franklin Rutherford becoming the Watch Tower Society president?

Question: Who was one of the Board of Directors for the Watch Tower Society in 1917?

Question: In what year was the first of Russells Studies in the Scriptures series first published?

Question: Who was one of the Watch Tower Society's directors jailed for sedition in 1918?
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Rutherford centralized organizational control of the Watch Tower Society. In 1919, he instituted the appointment of a director in each congregation, and a year later all members were instructed to report their weekly preaching activity to the Brooklyn headquarters. At an international convention held at Cedar Point, Ohio, in September 1922, a new emphasis was made on house-to-house preaching. Significant changes in doctrine and administration were regularly introduced during Rutherford's twenty-five years as president, including the 1920 announcement that the Jewish patriarchs (such as Abraham and Isaac) would be resurrected in 1925, marking the beginning of Christ's thousand-year Kingdom. Disappointed by the changes, tens of thousands of defections occurred during the first half of Rutherford's tenure, leading to the formation of several Bible Student organizations independent of the Watch Tower Society, most of which still exist. By mid-1919, as many as one in seven of Russell-era Bible Students had ceased their association with the Society, and as many as two-thirds by the end of the 1920s.

Question: What did Rutherford institute the appointment of in each congregation in 1919?
Answer: a director

Question: What were all members instructed to report weekly to the Brooklyn headquarters?
Answer: preaching activity

Question: Where as an international convention held in September of 1922?
Answer: Cedar Point, Ohio

Question: What was a new emphasis made on at the international convention?
Answer: house-to-house preaching

Question: How long was Rutherford's tenure as president of the Society?
Answer: twenty-five years

Question: In what month in 1920 did Rutherford claim that some Jewish patriarchs would be resurrected in 1925?

Question: How many people attended the Cedar Point, Ohio, convention of the Watch Tower Society?

Question: In what year did the first Bible Student organizations split from the Watch Tower Society?
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On July 26, 1931, at a convention in Columbus, Ohio, Rutherford introduced the new name—Jehovah's witnesses—based on Isaiah 43:10: "Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen"—which was adopted by resolution. The name was chosen to distinguish his group of Bible Students from other independent groups that had severed ties with the Society, as well as symbolize the instigation of new outlooks and the promotion of fresh evangelizing methods. In 1932, Rutherford eliminated the system of locally elected elders and in 1938, introduced what he called a "theocratic" (literally, God-ruled) organizational system, under which appointments in congregations worldwide were made from the Brooklyn headquarters.

Question: When did Rutherford introduce the new name for the Society?
Answer: July 26, 1931

Question: What biblical passage was the name Jehovah's witnesses based on?
Answer: Isaiah 43:10

Question: What system did Rutherford eliminate in 1932?
Answer: locally elected elders

Question: Where were appointments in congregations worldwide made from?
Answer: the Brooklyn headquarters

Question: In what year did Rutherford take over leadership of the Watch Tower Society?

Question: How were local elders selected by the Jehovah's Witnesses between 1932 and 1938?

Question: In what month in 1932 did Rutherford eliminate the system of locally elected elders?

Question: In what month in 1938 did Rutherford introduce a new theocratic organizational structure?
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From 1932, it was taught that the "little flock" of 144,000 would not be the only people to survive Armageddon. Rutherford explained that in addition to the 144,000 "anointed" who would be resurrected—or transferred at death—to live in heaven to rule over earth with Christ, a separate class of members, the "great multitude," would live in a paradise restored on earth; from 1935, new converts to the movement were considered part of that class. By the mid-1930s, the timing of the beginning of Christ's presence (Greek: parousía), his enthronement as king, and the start of the "last days" were each moved to 1914.

Question: From when was it taught that the little flock would not be the only people to survive Armageddon?
Answer: 1932

Question: What was the number of the little flock set at?
Answer: 144,000

Question: Where would the great multitude live?
Answer: a paradise restored on earth

Question: All new converts to the movmeent since 1935 were considered part of what class?
Answer: great multitude

Question: When was the start of the last days moved to in the mid-1930s?
Answer: 1914

Question: In what year was Armageddon to occur according to Rutherford?

Question: How many Jehovah's Witnesses were there as of 1935?

Question: How many Jehovah's Witnesses had there been in 1914?

Question: In what year did Rutherford die?