NAEC Question Bank

Which administrative and religious reform is historically attributed to King Parnavaz I of Kartli in the 3rd century BC?

Which ancient West Georgian political entity was associated in Classical Greek mythology with the Golden Fleece and the expedition of the Argonauts?

Which statement accurately describes the official Christianization of Kartli in the 4th century?

What major ecclesiastical reform was achieved during the reign of King Vakhtang Gorgasali in the 5th century?

Which two major foreign powers contested the Lazic War (541–562 AD) on the territory of Egrisi (Lazica)?

What was the main outcome of the 50-Year Peace Treaty signed in 562 AD between Byzantium and Sasanian Persia regarding Lazica?

How was the royal monarchy in Kartli abolished in the 520s AD?

What historical shift defined the beginning of the "Erismtavari Era" in Kartli during the late 6th century?

To which century do the earliest surviving physical epigraphic inscriptions of the Georgian alphabet (Asomavruli script) date?

Which Georgian king is credited by the medieval chronicler Leonti Mroveli with creating/standardizing the Georgian alphabet and state language in the 3rd century BC?

Which Hellenistic-era monarch is credited by traditional Georgian chronicles with dividing the Kingdom of Kartli into duchies (saeristavo) and establishing the cult of Armazi?

What was the major geopolitical consequence of the official conversion of Kartli to Christianity around 326 AD under King Mirian III?

Which key ecclesiastical reform was carried out by King Vakhtang I Gorgasali during his reign in the 5th century?

Which political maneuver and subsequent event characterized the involvement of King Gubazes II of Lazica in the Lazic War (541–562 AD)?

What were the core territorial and political terms regarding Lazica in the Peace Treaty of 562 AD signed at Dara between Byzantium and Sasanian Persia?

Following the abolition of the monarchy in Kartli by Sasanian Persia in 580 AD, what new institution of local supreme political leadership emerged in Kartli around 588 AD?

Geographically, how were the ancient Georgian realms of Colchis and Iberia distinguished from each other in Greco-Roman classical sources?

The earliest surviving original work of Georgian literature, 'The Martyrdom of Saint Shushanik' (5th century), depicts which central historical-religious conflict?

Which political action by King Vakhtang I Gorgasali directly initiated an anti-Sasanian war in Iberia in the 480s AD?

Which specific historical stage/style of the Georgian script is represented in the oldest surviving epigraphic inscriptions, such as the Bolnisi Sioni inscription (494 AD)?