POLI2420 Lecture Notes - Rashidun, William Morgan Shuster, Treaty Of Gulistan
17 Apr 2014
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Great continuity with past and present in iran. 2,500 yrs ago persia was a rival of the greeks. 9/4/12: persian lit and poetry is extremely rich, persians hold poetry highly in their culture the persian language has remained mostly unchanged throughout the years. Iran was never colonized: but in 19th century was fought over by gb and russia (imperial powers, us didn"t become involved in iranian affairs until into 20th century: invasion of. Iran during wwii: so was a popular power for a while after war soviets stayed in iran. 1945-6 us got soviets to leave, relations btwn iran and us began to deteriorate. 1953 iran elected democratic guy, cia deposed him: first time that cia engaged in regime change. 1978-9 islamic revolution: was the first time in iran that an islamic government was in power islam. 9/6/12 then became a political force: now a theocracy and enemy of the us, us and west represent a secular government.
