ETHNOMUS 25 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mohammad Mosaddegh, Reza Shah, Iranian Revolution
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550 bc- achaemenid empire, first iranian empire, established by king cyrus the great. Golden age of islam (8th-14th century ce) 1908: british discover oil in khuzestan province. 1925: rezah shah palavi takes power, establishing authoritarian government and initiating reforms to modernize iran"s economy and secularize/westernize its culture. 1941: anglo-soviet invasion of iran; reza shah palavi forced out power and his son, 1953: cia-organized coup d"etat to overthrow iranian prime minister mohammad. Mosaddeq; backed by us and european powers, pahlavi consolidates power, accelerates industrialization. Devout shia muslims and clergy angered by cultural secularization. Growing economic divide between rich and poor. 1975: shah palavi bans all opposition parties. Shah palavi"s regime becomes increasingly corrupt and extravagant/economically wasteful. Sufis strive to perfect their worship and obtain union with god through mystical contemplation. Sheikh/poet/jurist/mystic whose poems (ghazals) serve some of the predominant texts to which iranian classical music is set. Important sociopolitical changes in the aftermath of revolution.
