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Azerbaijan naming controversy, a Common card
The toponym Azerbaijan has been the object of a naming controversy since 1918 between the region of Azerbaijan in Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan in the South Caucasus.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 56
- Power
- 126
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 126 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Azerbaijan naming controversy quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Azerbaijan naming controversy card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
The toponym Azerbaijan has been the object of a naming controversy since ____ between the region of Azerbaijan in Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan in the South Caucasus.
Answer
1910s. The toponym Azerbaijan has been the object of a naming controversy since 1918 between the region of Azerbaijan in Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan in the South Caucasus. From the Azerbaijan naming controversy article on Wikipedia.
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Answer
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim 73 · Azerbaijan naming controversy 70 · History of Karachi 67 · Satoshi Ōmura 64 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The toponym historically belongs to the former, i.e. the region of Azerbaijan in northwestern Iran, south of the Aras River, while historians and geographers usually referred to the region north of the Aras River as Arran, even though the name Azerbaijan had also sometimes been extended to this area as well.
- On May 28, 1918, following the collapse of the Russian Empire, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was proclaimed to the north of the Aras, triggering the controversy.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Azerbaijan naming controversy article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 56: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Azerbaijan naming controversy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Auteuil-Passy, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
