The Iranians - history till 20th century (to be updated)
- Persia of Cyrus/Darius; Zoroastrian belief (capital = Persepolis)
- Invasion by Alexander of Macedonia
- Sassanian Dynasty - last of Persia
- Invasian by Arabs from the desert
- Adopted new version of Islam from a schism within Islam itself
- Taken over by Seljuk Turks (decline of importantce of Arabs, caliphate and the Umayyads in big picture of Islam)
- Invasion by Mongols, Tatars
- Taken over by Turkoman leader - Safavid Dynasty (opposing Ottoman Empire) (capital = Isfahan)
- Sufism transformed into Twelver Shiism - declared to be Iran's official religion
- Iranian shah took over power from Turkoman militants and restored Iranian territory roughly since Persian days
- Shia Islam got fa1 yang2 guang1 da4 by Persian culture
- The Afghanis, Ottomans, Russians divided Iran
- Iran warlord pushed out the Afghanis but could restore neither Persian nor Safavid Empire; civil war
- Taken over by the Qajars - a Turkish tribe (capital = Tehran)
- 1925: Militant Reza Khan overthrew Qajar Dynasty and set up Pahlavi Dynasty - start of modernization
- Invasion by Alexander of Macedonia
- Sassanian Dynasty - last of Persia
- Invasian by Arabs from the desert
- Adopted new version of Islam from a schism within Islam itself
- Taken over by Seljuk Turks (decline of importantce of Arabs, caliphate and the Umayyads in big picture of Islam)
- Invasion by Mongols, Tatars
- Taken over by Turkoman leader - Safavid Dynasty (opposing Ottoman Empire) (capital = Isfahan)
- Sufism transformed into Twelver Shiism - declared to be Iran's official religion
- Iranian shah took over power from Turkoman militants and restored Iranian territory roughly since Persian days
- Shia Islam got fa1 yang2 guang1 da4 by Persian culture
- The Afghanis, Ottomans, Russians divided Iran
- Iran warlord pushed out the Afghanis but could restore neither Persian nor Safavid Empire; civil war
- Taken over by the Qajars - a Turkish tribe (capital = Tehran)
- 1925: Militant Reza Khan overthrew Qajar Dynasty and set up Pahlavi Dynasty - start of modernization
posted by Azzurra | 4:39 PM
1 Comments:
I always thought the Iranians are very smart people. So are the Russians and Vietnamese, to name a few. But for some reason, they all have suffered a lot in recent years. Perhaps they are too smart for their own good? I can never figure out the reason why.
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