HUMAN 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Reza Shah, Pahlavi Dynasty, Persian Language
Document Summary
The revolution/ creation of the islamic republic of iran: 1979. The focus of lectures over the next three weeks. The idea of ancient persian empires mobilized in the creation of modern. To be modern was to become like western european nations in appearance, education, and customs. Archeological finds suggested historical affinities between iran and. Europe and fuelled iran"s last kings" fantasies of remaking iran into a great civilization. The king"s vision created a backlash that culmintated in the 1979 revolution and the establishment of an islamic republic. Women without men (2011) and persepolis (2007), made by diaspora. Iranian women, represent two defining moments, 1953 coup and the 1979 revolution, in recent history and women"s place in the nation. Persia dates back to fifth century bc and entered european language via ancient greece. The inhabitants of the persian empire used terms such as eran , Iran today: province of fars (pars): site of persepolis ruins.
