POLI 211 Lecture Notes - Reza Shah, Iranian Revolution, Persian Language
23 Apr 2013
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Not on the exam: nigeria, europe, reading africa works political instrument. Iran has received so much bad press that political scientists are challenged: whether or not it is possible to separate facts from fiction: 1. ) How typical is the iranian case: 2. ) What kind of country was iran before 1979: 3. ) What inspired the revolution of 1979: 4. ) The place of iran in geopolitical terms: 5. ) Geographic and demographic features of iran that are often neglected. The starting development of the state by the 1979 revolution. Iran is under periphery of the middle east. Farsi, persian nation rather than an arab country. Size of alaska or smaller than mexico. The people mostly young, born after 1979. Ethnicity: persian, (>1/2) azeri, (1/4) , and others. Fourth largest of oil in the world, after saudi arabia, u. s. , and russia. Until 1935, iran was known as persia. Most dramatic transformation of persia in the 17th century a. d. with the arrival of.
