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Iran
Iran is a republic country situated in Central Eurasia and Western Asia with an estimated population of 76.9 million as of 2010. It is the 18th largest country in the world with a total land area of 1,648,195 sq km.
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How did the Persian empire fail its citizens and what was the outcome of this failure?
The Persian Empire failed by never taking over Greece.
What major changes came to Iran in the late 1970s?
The Iranian Monarchy was replaced with an Islamist Regime.
The Iranian people, most of them traditional or secular Muslims revolted all across Iran against the Iranian Shah or King. After the Shah abdicated in the face of these protests, the Ayatollahs were able to consolidate power and create the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran which vested the Religious Fundamentalists with political power.
How did cuneiform help the Persians solidify their empire?
Primarily, cuneiform provided a useful method of communication, allowing individuals in the govenrment bureaucracy who had minimal physical contact to apprise each other of developments across the satrapies, laws created by the Persian Kings, and individual updates or requirements in terms of imperial maintenance.
Iran is connected to 8 countries by land. Turkey , Azarbayejan , Armenia , Nakhjavan , Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. The most reliable and stable and quiet country nearby Iran is The Turkey. Turkey has a secular Democratic Government which is a powerful ally of USA and is half Asian and half European.
By running an effective empire, well administered and promoting the living standards of its peoples.
Did the Athenians have to make a deal with the Persians to win the wars?
After the Persian invasion was repelled, Athens led a coalition of cities to oppose Persia from 478 BCE. After thirty years, they cut a peace arrangement with Persia which left Athens in control of 200 Greek city-states it had led against the Persian Empire, and Athens turned this Delian League into an empire of its own, living high off the proceeds.
This led an over-confident Athens into a prolonged war against the other Greek states led by Sparta. This lasted 27 years, and was won by the Spartan-led Peloponnesian League after Persia got its revenge by financing a fleet for the League to defeat Athens' hitherto superior navy.
What happened on April 11 2006?
I don't know what's special about 2006, but April 11, any years except leap years is the 101st day of the year. I don't know if that's the answer you were looking for, but it's true.
-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad anounced that Iran has successfully enriched uranium. Buckle your seatbelts!
Iran (Persia as it was known in the West) is home to one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations, with historical and urban settlements dating back to 7000 BC (9000 years ago). The Persian Empire, which at one time ruled two-thirds of the known world, dates back to 559 BC (or about 2500 years ago).
What body of water separates Iran from Oman?
The body of water separating Iran from Saudi Arabia is called the Persian Gulf.
There has been a push by the Arabs to have the Gulf renamed the Arab Gulf (as it is called "al-Khalij al-3arabi" in Arabic). No non-Arab nation has adopted this nomenclature.
What does baal mean in Persian?
Baal (read 'Bail') comes from old Albanian language: Ba ill, it means father star.
In the old times used to pray to the stars. Even Albanians were called Yllirians. Which has dual meaning in Albanian language. First people of the stars. Second free peoples. Both meaning connect if the fact that starts are free entities in the sky.
Learn about enciant Albanian history and language and you will find most of the Biblical, Qur'an, and ancient books word etymology.
Note: Gur Baal = Stone Father-Star. So it means stone that come from the stars.
What reforms took place in the Safavid Empire under Shah Abbas?
The shah Abbas reformed aspects of both military and civilian life. he limited the power of the military & created two new armies that would be loyal to him only.
one was an army of Persians, the other were a force that Abbas recruited from the Christian north and modeled after the Ottoman Janissaries. He equipped both of these armies with modern artillery.
He also reformed his government. He punished corruption severely and promoted only officials who proved their competence and loyalty. he hired foreigners from neighboring countries to fill positions in the government. Abbas brought members of Christian religious orders into the empire to convince European merchants that his empire was tolerant of other religions. Then industry, trade, art exchanges grew between the empire and European nations!
For their incursion into mainland Greece they first gained the support of cities and tribes in Thrace and then Macedonia and Thessaly, through which they had to pass. They also spread money lavishly around in central Greece and this brought in to their side Thebes, Phocia and other Boeotian cities, Locris, Malis, Thessaly, adding another 40,000 to their army.
The rest of the Persian forces were not allies as they were part of the Persian Empire (Egypt, Phoenicia, Mesopotamia etc), and provided military and naval forces as directed.
It depends how far back you go to place the blame and on whose shoulders. If you go to the era of the shah where apparently all were fine between the two nations no problem existed. But then the majority of the rural people of Iran were suffering and only the minority were enjoying the so called good relationship between the two countries. And then who would accept the fact that an American engineer in Iran was getting at least 3-4 times the salary of his Iranian counterpart. Until at the time of Mr. Ahmedi Nejad, his personal comment was that Iran wants to delete Israel from the face of the map, which was just one bad excuse to give a free ticket to the Americans to blame Iran till the end of the world. Hey guys! You know that just as a blind man can never see, it is never possible for Iran to do that. So keep on hitting each other in the face like two kids while this time round the rest of the world, as well as the people of Iran suffers. And they call themselves educated grown ups. All a game in politics.
How did the Hebrews and Persians interact?
The Persians, for a relatively brief time, had a vast kingdom which overlapped most of the areas in which Jews lived at the time. At first, they were cordial, as long as the Jews paid their taxes. Under Ahasuerus (XÅ¡ayÄrÅ¡a; Xerxes), however, they were in peril when he granted wide power to the Jew-hating Haman. After the Jewish Queen Esther orchestrated Haman's destruction, the Jews rose to importance under the Persians, with the Jewish Mordecai serving as viceroy.
