It is estimated that in the 11th century Ashkenazi Jews composed only three percent of the world's Jewish population, while at their peak in 1931 they accounted for 92 percent of the world's Jews. Immediately prior to the Holocaust, the number of Jews in the world stood at approximately 16.7 million. Statistical figures vary for the contemporary demography of Ashkenazi Jews, oscillating between 10 million and 11.2 million. Sergio DellaPergola in a rough calculation of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews, implies that Ashkenazi make up less than 74% of Jews worldwide. Other estimates place Ashkenazi Jews as making up about 75% of Jews worldwide. 

In the Yoma tractate of the Babylonian Talmud the name Gomer is rendered as Germania, which elsewhere in rabbinical literature was identified with Germanikia in northwestern Syria, but later became associated with Germania. Ashkenaz is linked to Scandza/Scanzia, viewed as the cradle of Germanic tribes, as early as a 6th-century gloss to the Historia Ecclesiastica of Eusebius. In the 10th-century History of Armenia of Yovhannes Drasxanakertc'i (1.15) Ashkenaz was associated with Armenia, as it was occasionally in Jewish usage, where its denotation extended at times to Adiabene, Khazaria, Crimea and areas to the east. His contemporary Saadia Gaon identified Ashkenaz with the Saquliba or Slavic territories, and such usage covered also the lands of tribes neighboring the Slavs, and Eastern and Central Europe. In modern times, Samuel Krauss identified the Biblical "Ashkenaz" with Khazaria. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What is Ashkenaz associated with?
2. What association is made with the Ashkenaz?
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Q2:
1. What was Scandza/Scanzia seen as the cradle of?
2. What was Scandza/Scanzia the birthplace of?
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Q3:
1. How far back can Germanic tribes be found in Scandza/Scanzia?
2. As early as when do Germanic tribes appear in Scandza/Scanzia?
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Q4:
1. When was Ashkenaz associated with Armenia?
2. In what century was there a link between Ashkenaz and Armenia?
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Q5:
1. Who identified Ashkenaz with Khazaria?
2. Who saw a link between Ashkenaz and Khazaria?
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Q6:
1. During the 11th century, what percent of the world's Jewish populationw as made up of Ashkenazi Jews?
2. How many Jews across the globe were Ashkenazi during the 11th century?
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Q7:
1. Were there more or less Ashkenazi Jews in the world in 1931 than in the 11th century?
2. Did the world have more or less Ashkenazi Jews in 1931 as opposed to the 11th century?
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Q8:
1. In 1931, what percent of the world's Jewish populationw as made up of Ashkenazi Jews?
2. How many Jews across the globe were Ashkenazi in 1931?
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Q9:
1. How many Ashkenazi Jews were there before the Holocaust?
2. What was the population of Ashkenazi Jews prior to the Holocaust?
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Q10:
1. What is the population of Ashkenazi Jews today?
2. How many Ashkenazi Jews are living currently?
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