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HH369 | Culture and History of Iran

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Time periods and Eras in the History of Iran

  • ANCIENT IRAN (Ancient Persian empires)

  • MEDIEVAL IRAN (Iran in early Islamic times)

  • EARLY MODERN IRAN (The Safavid, Afsharid, and Qajar Eras)

  • REZA SHAH AND THE EARLY PAHLAVI ERA (1925-1953)

  • FALL OF THE SHAH AND THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC (1953-present)

    • Bibliography / Historiography:
      Kurzman, Charles. “Historiography of the Iranian Revolutionary Movement, 1977-79.” Iranian Studies 28, no. 1/2 (1995): 25–38. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4310916

Iranian Revolution - Digital National Security Archive "Glossary"

Iran in the 20th Century:

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