Packet 7: Tossup 18

The flag of an ethnic group originally based in this mountain range depicts three crossed arrows under 12 stars (15[1])placed on a green field. (15[3])The (15[1])Urartu (15[1])Kingdom (-5[1])was based in this range, (15[1])where the Etchmiadzin (15[1]-5[2])cathedral (15[1])was constructed. Bagrationi Dynasty (15[2])rulers such as Tamar (15[1])the Great (15[2])led (15[1])a kingdom (-5[1])based (-5[1])in this range. (15[4])The Circassians (15[1])were (15[1])based (15[2])in this range, (15[6])near the (15[1])site (15[1])of a (*) genocide (10[1])that remains ignored (-5[2])under Article (10[1])301 (10[2])today. (-5[2])St. Gregory the Illuminator converted a kingdom based in this mountain range, (10[1])making it the world’s oldest Christian country. (10[1])Enver Pasha (10[1])orchestrated a genocide in, for 10 points, what mountain range home to Armenians and Georgians? (10[2])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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