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The Ottoman Empire eventually lost control of what region? | <text>The Ottoman Empire eventually lost control of what region?</text><reasoning>In 1853 the Russian Empire on behalf of the Slavic Balkan states began to question the very existence of the Ottoman Empire. The result was the Crimean War, 1853–1856, in which the British Empire and the French Empire supported the Ottoma... |
When was the London Review? | <text>When was the London Review?</text><reasoning>For example, The London Review of 1861 (Telford and Barber, unsigned) in reviewing several works by Rawlinson, Layard and others, defined themselves as making:</reasoning><output>1861</output> |
Rawlinson, Layard and others were reviewed in what? | <text>Rawlinson, Layard and others were reviewed in what?</text><reasoning>For example, The London Review of 1861 (Telford and Barber, unsigned) in reviewing several works by Rawlinson, Layard and others, defined themselves as making:</reasoning><output>The London Review of 1861</output> |
Who wrote The London Review of 1861? | <text>Who wrote The London Review of 1861?</text><reasoning>For example, The London Review of 1861 (Telford and Barber, unsigned) in reviewing several works by Rawlinson, Layard and others, defined themselves as making:</reasoning><output>(Telford and Barber</output> |
When was John Seller's Atlas Maritima? | <text>When was John Seller's Atlas Maritima?</text><reasoning>By the time of John Seller's Atlas Maritima of 1670, "India Beyond the Ganges" had become "the East Indies" including China, Korea, southeast Asia and the islands of the Pacific in a map that was every bit as distorted as Ptolemy's, despite the lapse of appr... |
What had "India Beyond the Ganges" become? | <text>What had "India Beyond the Ganges" become?</text><reasoning>By the time of John Seller's Atlas Maritima of 1670, "India Beyond the Ganges" had become "the East Indies" including China, Korea, southeast Asia and the islands of the Pacific in a map that was every bit as distorted as Ptolemy's, despite the lapse of ... |
China, Korea, southeast Asia and the islands of the Pacific were included in what? | <text>China, Korea, southeast Asia and the islands of the Pacific were included in what?</text><reasoning>By the time of John Seller's Atlas Maritima of 1670, "India Beyond the Ganges" had become "the East Indies" including China, Korea, southeast Asia and the islands of the Pacific in a map that was every bit as disto... |
What was only an English translation of Latin Oriens and Orientalis, "the land of the rising sun"? | <text>What was only an English translation of Latin Oriens and Orientalis, "the land of the rising sun"?</text><reasoning>By the time of John Seller's Atlas Maritima of 1670, "India Beyond the Ganges" had become "the East Indies" including China, Korea, southeast Asia and the islands of the Pacific in a map that was ev... |
What year did Jodocus Hondius make his world map? | <text>What year did Jodocus Hondius make his world map?</text><reasoning>By the time of John Seller's Atlas Maritima of 1670, "India Beyond the Ganges" had become "the East Indies" including China, Korea, southeast Asia and the islands of the Pacific in a map that was every bit as distorted as Ptolemy's, despite the la... |
Who defines the Near East as including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt. Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Isreal, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the West Bank, and Yemen? | <text>Who defines the Near East as including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt. Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Isreal, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the West Bank, and Yemen?</text><reasoning>The Encyclopædia Britannica defines the ... |
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations also includes what Country in the definition of Near East? | <text>The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations also includes what Country in the definition of Near East?</text><reasoning>The Encyclopædia Britannica defines the Near East as including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Pal... |
What group believes the terms Near East and Middle East denote the same territories? | <text>What group believes the terms Near East and Middle East denote the same territories?</text><reasoning>The Encyclopædia Britannica defines the Near East as including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan... |
Who found out that a shock of electricity to an exposed nerve of a dead frog caused contractions? | <text>Who found out that a shock of electricity to an exposed nerve of a dead frog caused contractions?</text><reasoning>The first real progress toward a modern understanding of nervous function, though, came from the investigations of Luigi Galvani, who discovered that a shock of static electricity applied to an expos... |
The tool that was invented to stain only a small fractions of neurons was called what? | <text>The tool that was invented to stain only a small fractions of neurons was called what?</text><reasoning>The first real progress toward a modern understanding of nervous function, though, came from the investigations of Luigi Galvani, who discovered that a shock of static electricity applied to an exposed nerve of... |
What nationality was santiago Ramon y Cajal? | <text>What nationality was santiago Ramon y Cajal?</text><reasoning>The first real progress toward a modern understanding of nervous function, though, came from the investigations of Luigi Galvani, who discovered that a shock of static electricity applied to an exposed nerve of a dead frog could cause its leg to contra... |
Which decade in history was officially called the "Decade of the Brain"? | <text>Which decade in history was officially called the "Decade of the Brain"?</text><reasoning>In the second half of the 20th century, developments in chemistry, electron microscopy, genetics, computer science, functional brain imaging, and other fields progressively opened new windows into brain structure and functio... |
What was one region included that was occupied by piratical kingdoms? | <text>What was one region included that was occupied by piratical kingdoms?</text><reasoning>Some regions beyond the Ottoman Porte were included. One was North Africa west of Egypt. It was occupied by piratical kingdoms of the Barbary Coast, de facto independent since the 18th century. Formerly part of the empire at it... |
Where were the piratical kingdoms from? | <text>Where were the piratical kingdoms from?</text><reasoning>Some regions beyond the Ottoman Porte were included. One was North Africa west of Egypt. It was occupied by piratical kingdoms of the Barbary Coast, de facto independent since the 18th century. Formerly part of the empire at its apogee. Iran was included be... |
Why was Iran included in the collection of regions? | <text>Why was Iran included in the collection of regions?</text><reasoning>Some regions beyond the Ottoman Porte were included. One was North Africa west of Egypt. It was occupied by piratical kingdoms of the Barbary Coast, de facto independent since the 18th century. Formerly part of the empire at its apogee. Iran was... |
What did the term Near East focus on in the 1890s? | <text>What did the term Near East focus on in the 1890s?</text><reasoning>Some regions beyond the Ottoman Porte were included. One was North Africa west of Egypt. It was occupied by piratical kingdoms of the Barbary Coast, de facto independent since the 18th century. Formerly part of the empire at its apogee. Iran was ... |
The demise of what left considerable confusion as to what was to be meant by "Near East" | <text>The demise of what left considerable confusion as to what was to be meant by "Near East"</text><reasoning>Some regions beyond the Ottoman Porte were included. One was North Africa west of Egypt. It was occupied by piratical kingdoms of the Barbary Coast, de facto independent since the 18th century. Formerly part ... |
What has pleased western historians? | <text>What has pleased western historians?</text><reasoning>It has pleased western historians to write of a decline of the Ottoman Empire as though a stable and uncontested polity of that name once existed. The borders did expand and contract but they were always dynamic and always in "question" right from the beginnin... |
What was always in question from the beginning of the Ottoman Empire? | <text>What was always in question from the beginning of the Ottoman Empire?</text><reasoning>It has pleased western historians to write of a decline of the Ottoman Empire as though a stable and uncontested polity of that name once existed. The borders did expand and contract but they were always dynamic and always in "... |
What was the Ottoman Empire created from? | <text>What was the Ottoman Empire created from?</text><reasoning>It has pleased western historians to write of a decline of the Ottoman Empire as though a stable and uncontested polity of that name once existed. The borders did expand and contract but they were always dynamic and always in "question" right from the beg... |
How did the last Roman emperor die? | <text>How did the last Roman emperor die?</text><reasoning>It has pleased western historians to write of a decline of the Ottoman Empire as though a stable and uncontested polity of that name once existed. The borders did expand and contract but they were always dynamic and always in "question" right from the beginning... |
Where was the Roman emperor's capital? | <text>Where was the Roman emperor's capital?</text><reasoning>It has pleased western historians to write of a decline of the Ottoman Empire as though a stable and uncontested polity of that name once existed. The borders did expand and contract but they were always dynamic and always in "question" right from the beginn... |
What was one of the earliest presentations of this vocabulary? | <text>What was one of the earliest presentations of this vocabulary?</text><reasoning>Much of the colonial administration belonged to this club, which had been formed by the Duke of Wellington. Meadows' terminology must represent usage by that administration. If not the first use of the terms, the letter to the Times w... |
What was said must represent usage by that administration? | <text>What was said must represent usage by that administration?</text><reasoning>Much of the colonial administration belonged to this club, which had been formed by the Duke of Wellington. Meadows' terminology must represent usage by that administration. If not the first use of the terms, the letter to the Times was c... |
Who had formed the club that contained much of the colonial administration? | <text>Who had formed the club that contained much of the colonial administration?</text><reasoning>Much of the colonial administration belonged to this club, which had been formed by the Duke of Wellington. Meadows' terminology must represent usage by that administration. If not the first use of the terms, the letter t... |
When was a reprint of a letter sent to The Times appear in Littel's Living Age? | <text>When was a reprint of a letter sent to The Times appear in Littel's Living Age?</text><reasoning>In 1855 a reprint of a letter earlier sent to The Times appeared in Littel's Living Age. Its author, an "official Chinese interpreter of 10 years' active service" and a member of the Oriental Club, Thomas Taylor Meado... |
Who was the author of the letter sent to the Times? | <text>Who was the author of the letter sent to the Times?</text><reasoning>In 1855 a reprint of a letter earlier sent to The Times appeared in Littel's Living Age. Its author, an "official Chinese interpreter of 10 years' active service" and a member of the Oriental Club, Thomas Taylor Meadows, was replying to the sugg... |
What was Thomas Taylor Meadows replying to? | <text>What was Thomas Taylor Meadows replying to?</text><reasoning>In 1855 a reprint of a letter earlier sent to The Times appeared in Littel's Living Age. Its author, an "official Chinese interpreter of 10 years' active service" and a member of the Oriental Club, Thomas Taylor Meadows, was replying to the suggestion b... |
How was the Ottoman Empire portrayed in the press? | <text>How was the Ottoman Empire portrayed in the press?</text><reasoning>The Ottoman Empire, believed to be about to collapse, was portrayed in the press as the sick man of Europe". The Balkan states, with the partial exception of Bosnia and Albania, were primarily Christian. Starting in 1894 the Ottomans struck at th... |
The Balkan states were primarily what religion? | <text>The Balkan states were primarily what religion?</text><reasoning>The Ottoman Empire, believed to be about to collapse, was portrayed in the press as the sick man of Europe". The Balkan states, with the partial exception of Bosnia and Albania, were primarily Christian. Starting in 1894 the Ottomans struck at the A... |
When did the Ottomans strike at the Armenians? | <text>When did the Ottomans strike at the Armenians?</text><reasoning>The Ottoman Empire, believed to be about to collapse, was portrayed in the press as the sick man of Europe". The Balkan states, with the partial exception of Bosnia and Albania, were primarily Christian. Starting in 1894 the Ottomans struck at the Ar... |
What are the grounds on which the Ottomans struck at the Armenians? | <text>What are the grounds on which the Ottomans struck at the Armenians?</text><reasoning>The Ottoman Empire, believed to be about to collapse, was portrayed in the press as the sick man of Europe". The Balkan states, with the partial exception of Bosnia and Albania, were primarily Christian. Starting in 1894 the Otto... |
What aroused the indignation of the entire Christian world? | <text>What aroused the indignation of the entire Christian world?</text><reasoning>The Ottoman Empire, believed to be about to collapse, was portrayed in the press as the sick man of Europe". The Balkan states, with the partial exception of Bosnia and Albania, were primarily Christian. Starting in 1894 the Ottomans str... |
What region was explicitly excluded? | <text>What region was explicitly excluded?</text><reasoning>The regions in their inventory were Assyria, Chaldea, Mesopotamia, Persia, Armenia, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, Palestine, Ethiopia, Caucasus, Libya, Anatolia and Abyssinia. Explicitly excluded is India. No mention is made of the Balkans.</reasoning><output>India</o... |
What region has no mention? | <text>What region has no mention?</text><reasoning>The regions in their inventory were Assyria, Chaldea, Mesopotamia, Persia, Armenia, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, Palestine, Ethiopia, Caucasus, Libya, Anatolia and Abyssinia. Explicitly excluded is India. No mention is made of the Balkans.</reasoning><output>the Balkans</outp... |
Assyria, Chaldea, Mesopotamia, Persia, Armenia, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, Palestine, Ethiopia, Caucasus, Libya, Anatolia, and Abyssinia were all what? | <text>Assyria, Chaldea, Mesopotamia, Persia, Armenia, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, Palestine, Ethiopia, Caucasus, Libya, Anatolia, and Abyssinia were all what?</text><reasoning>The regions in their inventory were Assyria, Chaldea, Mesopotamia, Persia, Armenia, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, Palestine, Ethiopia, Caucasus, Libya, Anatol... |
When did "Near East" come into use to describe the part of the east closest to Europe? | <text>When did "Near East" come into use to describe the part of the east closest to Europe?</text><reasoning>It now became relevant to define the east of the eastern question. In about the middle of the 19th century "Near East" came into use to describe that part of the east closest to Europe. The term "Far East" appe... |
In short, the term Far East appeared to name this area | <text>In short, the term Far East appeared to name this area</text><reasoning>It now became relevant to define the east of the eastern question. In about the middle of the 19th century "Near East" came into use to describe that part of the east closest to Europe. The term "Far East" appeared contemporaneously meaning J... |
"Near East" applied to this mainly known area | <text>"Near East" applied to this mainly known area</text><reasoning>It now became relevant to define the east of the eastern question. In about the middle of the 19th century "Near East" came into use to describe that part of the east closest to Europe. The term "Far East" appeared contemporaneously meaning Japan, Chi... |
What was the jurisdiction of the Levant in? | <text>What was the jurisdiction of the Levant in?</text><reasoning>It now became relevant to define the east of the eastern question. In about the middle of the 19th century "Near East" came into use to describe that part of the east closest to Europe. The term "Far East" appeared contemporaneously meaning Japan, China... |
What was needed to set foot on most of the shores of the southern and central Mediterranean? | <text>What was needed to set foot on most of the shores of the southern and central Mediterranean?</text><reasoning>It now became relevant to define the east of the eastern question. In about the middle of the 19th century "Near East" came into use to describe that part of the east closest to Europe. The term "Far East... |
What does Norman mean in the article when saying "Near East"? | <text>What does Norman mean in the article when saying "Near East"?</text><reasoning>Throughout this article Norman uses "Near East" to mean the countries where "the eastern question" applied; that is, to all of the Balkans. The countries and regions mentioned are Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina (which was... |
What is the rest of the Ottoman domain demoted to? | <text>What is the rest of the Ottoman domain demoted to?</text><reasoning>Throughout this article Norman uses "Near East" to mean the countries where "the eastern question" applied; that is, to all of the Balkans. The countries and regions mentioned are Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina (which was Moslem and... |
"The East" refers to what? | <text>"The East" refers to what?</text><reasoning>Throughout this article Norman uses "Near East" to mean the countries where "the eastern question" applied; that is, to all of the Balkans. The countries and regions mentioned are Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina (which was Moslem and needed, in his view, to... |
Miller's words were considered what? | <text>Miller's words were considered what?</text><reasoning>These were fighting words to be coming from a country that once insisted Europe needed Turkey and was willing to spill blood over it. For his authority Miller invokes the people, citing the "collective wisdom" of Europe, and introducing a concept to arise many... |
It was considered Europe needed what country? | <text>It was considered Europe needed what country?</text><reasoning>These were fighting words to be coming from a country that once insisted Europe needed Turkey and was willing to spill blood over it. For his authority Miller invokes the people, citing the "collective wisdom" of Europe, and introducing a concept to a... |
What was Miller citing? | <text>What was Miller citing?</text><reasoning>These were fighting words to be coming from a country that once insisted Europe needed Turkey and was willing to spill blood over it. For his authority Miller invokes the people, citing the "collective wisdom" of Europe, and introducing a concept to arise many times in the... |
What threat caused Gordon to publish his article? | <text>What threat caused Gordon to publish his article?</text><reasoning>The threat that caused Gordon, diplomat and military officer, to publish the article was resumption of work on a railway from Russia to the Persian Gulf. Gordon, a published author, had not used the term previously, but he was to use it from then ... |
Who was a diplomat and military officer? | <text>Who was a diplomat and military officer?</text><reasoning>The threat that caused Gordon, diplomat and military officer, to publish the article was resumption of work on a railway from Russia to the Persian Gulf. Gordon, a published author, had not used the term previously, but he was to use it from then on.</reas... |
Who had not used the term middle east previously in publications? | <text>Who had not used the term middle east previously in publications?</text><reasoning>The threat that caused Gordon, diplomat and military officer, to publish the article was resumption of work on a railway from Russia to the Persian Gulf. Gordon, a published author, had not used the term previously, but he was to u... |
When did the term "Near East" acquire considerable disrepute? | <text>When did the term "Near East" acquire considerable disrepute?</text><reasoning>In the last years of the 19th century the term "Near East" acquired considerable disrepute in eyes of the English-speaking public as did the Ottoman Empire itself. The cause of the onus was the Hamidian Massacres of Armenians because t... |
The term "Near East" acquired considerable disrepute in whose eyes? | <text>The term "Near East" acquired considerable disrepute in whose eyes?</text><reasoning>In the last years of the 19th century the term "Near East" acquired considerable disrepute in eyes of the English-speaking public as did the Ottoman Empire itself. The cause of the onus was the Hamidian Massacres of Armenians bec... |
What was the cause of the onus? | <text>What was the cause of the onus?</text><reasoning>In the last years of the 19th century the term "Near East" acquired considerable disrepute in eyes of the English-speaking public as did the Ottoman Empire itself. The cause of the onus was the Hamidian Massacres of Armenians because they were Christians, but it se... |
What was the cause of the Hamidian Massacres of Armenians? | <text>What was the cause of the Hamidian Massacres of Armenians?</text><reasoning>In the last years of the 19th century the term "Near East" acquired considerable disrepute in eyes of the English-speaking public as did the Ottoman Empire itself. The cause of the onus was the Hamidian Massacres of Armenians because they... |
When was Robert Hickens' book wrote? | <text>When was Robert Hickens' book wrote?</text><reasoning>In the last years of the 19th century the term "Near East" acquired considerable disrepute in eyes of the English-speaking public as did the Ottoman Empire itself. The cause of the onus was the Hamidian Massacres of Armenians because they were Christians, but ... |
What year was Arnold J toynbee becoming metaphysical about the Near East? | <text>What year was Arnold J toynbee becoming metaphysical about the Near East?</text><reasoning>By 1916, when millions of Europeans were becoming casualties of imperial war in the trenches of eastern and western Europe over "the eastern question," Arnold J. Toynbee, Hegelesque historian of civilization at large, was b... |
Who was the Hegelesque historian of civilization? | <text>Who was the Hegelesque historian of civilization?</text><reasoning>By 1916, when millions of Europeans were becoming casualties of imperial war in the trenches of eastern and western Europe over "the eastern question," Arnold J. Toynbee, Hegelesque historian of civilization at large, was becoming metaphysical abo... |
Arnold J Toynbee believed what? | <text>Arnold J Toynbee believed what?</text><reasoning>By 1916, when millions of Europeans were becoming casualties of imperial war in the trenches of eastern and western Europe over "the eastern question," Arnold J. Toynbee, Hegelesque historian of civilization at large, was becoming metaphysical about the Near East. ... |
What does Hogarth say in detail? | <text>What does Hogarth say in detail?</text><reasoning>Hogarth then proceeds to say where and why in some detail, but no more mention is made of the classics. His analysis is geopolitical. His map delineates the Nearer East with regular lines as though surveyed. They include Iran, the Balkans, but not the Danube lands... |
Hogarth makes no mention of what? | <text>Hogarth makes no mention of what?</text><reasoning>Hogarth then proceeds to say where and why in some detail, but no more mention is made of the classics. His analysis is geopolitical. His map delineates the Nearer East with regular lines as though surveyed. They include Iran, the Balkans, but not the Danube land... |
How is Hogarth's analysis? | <text>How is Hogarth's analysis?</text><reasoning>Hogarth then proceeds to say where and why in some detail, but no more mention is made of the classics. His analysis is geopolitical. His map delineates the Nearer East with regular lines as though surveyed. They include Iran, the Balkans, but not the Danube lands, Egyp... |
Where was Elizabeth I from? | <text>Where was Elizabeth I from?</text><reasoning>Elizabeth I of England, primarily interested in trade with the east, collaborated with English merchants to form the first trading companies to the far-flung regions, using their own jargon. Their goals were to obtain trading concessions by treaty. The queen chartered ... |
What was Elizabeth primarily interested in? | <text>What was Elizabeth primarily interested in?</text><reasoning>Elizabeth I of England, primarily interested in trade with the east, collaborated with English merchants to form the first trading companies to the far-flung regions, using their own jargon. Their goals were to obtain trading concessions by treaty. The ... |
Who did Elizabeth I collaborate with? | <text>Who did Elizabeth I collaborate with?</text><reasoning>Elizabeth I of England, primarily interested in trade with the east, collaborated with English merchants to form the first trading companies to the far-flung regions, using their own jargon. Their goals were to obtain trading concessions by treaty. The queen ... |
What was the goal of the first trading companies? | <text>What was the goal of the first trading companies?</text><reasoning>Elizabeth I of England, primarily interested in trade with the east, collaborated with English merchants to form the first trading companies to the far-flung regions, using their own jargon. Their goals were to obtain trading concessions by treaty... |
What company was charted in 1600 for trade to the East Indies? | <text>What company was charted in 1600 for trade to the East Indies?</text><reasoning>Elizabeth I of England, primarily interested in trade with the east, collaborated with English merchants to form the first trading companies to the far-flung regions, using their own jargon. Their goals were to obtain trading concessi... |
Who was a member of American diplomatic and military circles? | <text>Who was a member of American diplomatic and military circles?</text><reasoning>A second strategic personality from American diplomatic and military circles, Alfred Thayer Mahan, concerned about the naval vulnerability of the trade routes in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean, commented in 1902:</reasoning><output>... |
What was Alfred Thayer Mahan concerned about? | <text>What was Alfred Thayer Mahan concerned about?</text><reasoning>A second strategic personality from American diplomatic and military circles, Alfred Thayer Mahan, concerned about the naval vulnerability of the trade routes in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean, commented in 1902:</reasoning><output>the naval vulner... |
When did Alfred Thayer Mahan comment on the trade routes? | <text>When did Alfred Thayer Mahan comment on the trade routes?</text><reasoning>A second strategic personality from American diplomatic and military circles, Alfred Thayer Mahan, concerned about the naval vulnerability of the trade routes in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean, commented in 1902:</reasoning><output>1902... |
Who used the terms near Gaul? | <text>Who used the terms near Gaul?</text><reasoning>There was a linguistic predisposition to use such terms. The Romans had used them in near Gaul / far Gaul, near Spain / far Spain and others. Before them the Greeks had the habit, which appears in Linear B, the oldest known script of Europe, referring to the near pro... |
The appearance of what culture using the terms appears in Linear B? | <text>The appearance of what culture using the terms appears in Linear B?</text><reasoning>There was a linguistic predisposition to use such terms. The Romans had used them in near Gaul / far Gaul, near Spain / far Spain and others. Before them the Greeks had the habit, which appears in Linear B, the oldest known scrip... |
Usually the terms were given when referencing what? | <text>Usually the terms were given when referencing what?</text><reasoning>There was a linguistic predisposition to use such terms. The Romans had used them in near Gaul / far Gaul, near Spain / far Spain and others. Before them the Greeks had the habit, which appears in Linear B, the oldest known script of Europe, ref... |
What remained popular in diplomatic, trade and journalistic circles? | <text>What remained popular in diplomatic, trade and journalistic circles?</text><reasoning>"Near East" remained popular in diplomatic, trade and journalistic circles, but a variation soon developed among the scholars and the men of the cloth and their associates: "the Nearer East," reverting to the classical and then ... |
What variation soon developed among the scholars and the men of the cloth and their associates? | <text>What variation soon developed among the scholars and the men of the cloth and their associates?</text><reasoning>"Near East" remained popular in diplomatic, trade and journalistic circles, but a variation soon developed among the scholars and the men of the cloth and their associates: "the Nearer East," reverting... |
There was a need to separate what from the terrain of the Ottoman Empire? | <text>There was a need to separate what from the terrain of the Ottoman Empire?</text><reasoning>"Near East" remained popular in diplomatic, trade and journalistic circles, but a variation soon developed among the scholars and the men of the cloth and their associates: "the Nearer East," reverting to the classical and ... |
What did the Christians see the country as? | <text>What did the Christians see the country as?</text><reasoning>"Near East" remained popular in diplomatic, trade and journalistic circles, but a variation soon developed among the scholars and the men of the cloth and their associates: "the Nearer East," reverting to the classical and then more scholarly distinctio... |
How did the scholars attempt their definition? | <text>How did the scholars attempt their definition?</text><reasoning>"Near East" remained popular in diplomatic, trade and journalistic circles, but a variation soon developed among the scholars and the men of the cloth and their associates: "the Nearer East," reverting to the classical and then more scholarly distinc... |
Who did not connect with the soldier? | <text>Who did not connect with the soldier?</text><reasoning>Apparently the sailor did not connect with the soldier, as Mahan believed he was innovating the term Middle East. It was, however, already there to be seen.</reasoning><output>the sailor</output> |
What did Mahan believe he was innovating? | <text>What did Mahan believe he was innovating?</text><reasoning>Apparently the sailor did not connect with the soldier, as Mahan believed he was innovating the term Middle East. It was, however, already there to be seen.</reasoning><output>the term Middle East</output> |
What had already been there to be seen? | <text>What had already been there to be seen?</text><reasoning>Apparently the sailor did not connect with the soldier, as Mahan believed he was innovating the term Middle East. It was, however, already there to be seen.</reasoning><output>the term Middle East</output> |
What was able to rise from the death of the Near East? | <text>What was able to rise from the death of the Near East?</text><reasoning>From the death of the Near East new nations were able to rise from the ashes, notably the Republic of Turkey. Paradoxically it now aligned itself with the west rather than with the east. Mustafa Kemal, its founder, a former Ottoman high-ranki... |
What notable nation was able to rise from the ashes of the Near East? | <text>What notable nation was able to rise from the ashes of the Near East?</text><reasoning>From the death of the Near East new nations were able to rise from the ashes, notably the Republic of Turkey. Paradoxically it now aligned itself with the west rather than with the east. Mustafa Kemal, its founder, a former Ott... |
How did the Republic of Turkey align themselves? | <text>How did the Republic of Turkey align themselves?</text><reasoning>From the death of the Near East new nations were able to rise from the ashes, notably the Republic of Turkey. Paradoxically it now aligned itself with the west rather than with the east. Mustafa Kemal, its founder, a former Ottoman high-ranking off... |
Who was the founder of the Republic of Turkey? | <text>Who was the founder of the Republic of Turkey?</text><reasoning>From the death of the Near East new nations were able to rise from the ashes, notably the Republic of Turkey. Paradoxically it now aligned itself with the west rather than with the east. Mustafa Kemal, its founder, a former Ottoman high-ranking offic... |
Who was a former Ottoman high-ranking officer? | <text>Who was a former Ottoman high-ranking officer?</text><reasoning>From the death of the Near East new nations were able to rise from the ashes, notably the Republic of Turkey. Paradoxically it now aligned itself with the west rather than with the east. Mustafa Kemal, its founder, a former Ottoman high-ranking offic... |
Where did the use of the term Middle East as a region of international affairs begin? | <text>Where did the use of the term Middle East as a region of international affairs begin?</text><reasoning>The use of the term Middle East as a region of international affairs apparently began in British and American diplomatic circles quite independently of each other over concern for the security of the same countr... |
What was Iran known as to the west? | <text>What was Iran known as to the west?</text><reasoning>The use of the term Middle East as a region of international affairs apparently began in British and American diplomatic circles quite independently of each other over concern for the security of the same country: Iran, then known to the west as Persia. In 1900... |
When did Thomas Edward Gordon publish "The Problem of the Middle East"? | <text>When did Thomas Edward Gordon publish "The Problem of the Middle East"?</text><reasoning>The use of the term Middle East as a region of international affairs apparently began in British and American diplomatic circles quite independently of each other over concern for the security of the same country: Iran, then ... |
What article did Thomas Edward Gordon publish? | <text>What article did Thomas Edward Gordon publish?</text><reasoning>The use of the term Middle East as a region of international affairs apparently began in British and American diplomatic circles quite independently of each other over concern for the security of the same country: Iran, then known to the west as Pers... |
The problem of the Middle East was published by who? | <text>The problem of the Middle East was published by who?</text><reasoning>The use of the term Middle East as a region of international affairs apparently began in British and American diplomatic circles quite independently of each other over concern for the security of the same country: Iran, then known to the west a... |
When was the term middle east common as a noun and adjective? | <text>When was the term middle east common as a noun and adjective?</text><reasoning>The term middle east as a noun and adjective was common in the 19th century in nearly every context except diplomacy and archaeology. An uncountable number of places appear to have had their middle easts from gardens to regions, includ... |
The middle east was not common in diplomacy and what other context? | <text>The middle east was not common in diplomacy and what other context?</text><reasoning>The term middle east as a noun and adjective was common in the 19th century in nearly every context except diplomacy and archaeology. An uncountable number of places appear to have had their middle easts from gardens to regions, ... |
Where did the "Far East" derive from? | <text>Where did the "Far East" derive from?</text><reasoning>The term middle east as a noun and adjective was common in the 19th century in nearly every context except diplomacy and archaeology. An uncountable number of places appear to have had their middle easts from gardens to regions, including the United States. T... |
Where did the Ottoman Empire end? | <text>Where did the Ottoman Empire end?</text><reasoning>The term middle east as a noun and adjective was common in the 19th century in nearly every context except diplomacy and archaeology. An uncountable number of places appear to have had their middle easts from gardens to regions, including the United States. The i... |
Why did archaeologists count Iran as "The Near East"? | <text>Why did archaeologists count Iran as "The Near East"?</text><reasoning>The term middle east as a noun and adjective was common in the 19th century in nearly every context except diplomacy and archaeology. An uncountable number of places appear to have had their middle easts from gardens to regions, including the ... |
Until what year did the words near east and far east not refer to any particular region? | <text>Until what year did the words near east and far east not refer to any particular region?</text><reasoning>Until about 1855 the words near east and far east did not refer to any particular region. The far East, a phrase containing a noun, East, qualified by an adjective, far, could be at any location in the "far e... |
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