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Georgian name for Georgia
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Sakartvelo
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Name for the Georgian language and the Georgian people
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Kartvelian
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Georgia became the first country to produce this commodity in 6000 BC
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Wine
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First major kingdom of Georgia, located on the shore of the Black Sea
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Kingdom of Colchis
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The above kingdom is where Jason and the Argonauts found for this object
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Golden Fleece
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The above kingdom was conquered by this empire in the 500s BC
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Achaemenid Empire
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Second major kingdom of Georgia, located inland compared to the first
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Kingdom of Iberia
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Greek woman who preached Christianity in Georgia in the 300s
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Saint Nino
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King of the second kingdom who converted to Christianity
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Miriam III
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Georgia was conquered by this Islamic people but stayed Christian
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Arabs
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Prince who liberated Georgia in 813, reconquering Georgian lands
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Ashot I
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Leader and conqueror crowned first king of Georgia in 1008
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Bagrat III
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A cathedral in this city, then capital of Georgia, was built and named by the above
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Kutaisi
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Powerful king who enriched the nation and kicked out the Muslims
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David IV the Builder
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1121 battle led by the above king which defeated the much larger Seljuk army
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Battle of Didgori
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The above king moved the Georgian capital to this city in 1122
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Tbilisi
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Queen, ruled 1184-1213, under whom Georgia dominated the Caucasus region
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Tamar the Great
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Poet of this period who wrote "The Knight in the Panther's Skin"
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Shota Rustaveli
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People who invaded Georgia in 1220
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Mongols
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Turkic conquerer who invaded Georgia in 1386
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Timur
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18th century king who tried to strengthen Georgia by allying with Russia
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Heraclius II
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1795 battle against the below which led to the destruction of Georgia's capital
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Battle of Krtsanisi
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Country that lost a 1804-1813 war to Russia, resulting in Russia annexing Georgia
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Qajar Iran
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Georgian noble who became a Russian general in the Napoleonic Wars
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Pyotr Bagration
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Writer who preserved Georgian culture and language against Russification
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Ilia Chavchavadze
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Georgian Marxist who became leader of the Soviet Union
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Ioseb Jughashvili
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First president of Georgia upon independence from the Soviet Union in 1991
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Zviad Gamsakhurdia
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Peaceful 2003 revolution that attempted to democratize Georgia
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Rose Revolution
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Name the two current disputed regions of Georgia (in alphabetical order)
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Abkhazia
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South Ossetia
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