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559 BC |
559 - 332BC The Achaemenian
Dynasty & the Great Persian Empire which was the
dominant world power for over two centuries
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550BC |
Cyrus the Great established
the First World Empire |
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525BC |
Persia conquers Egypt |
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332 BC |
Alexander the Great conquers
Egypt and Persia |
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323 BC |
323-141 BC - The Seleucid
Dynasty was established by one of generals of
Alexander the Great |
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247 BC |
247 BC-224 AD
The Parthians conquered the Seleucids
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224 AD |
224 - 642 The Sasanian Dynasty |
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570 |
The Prophet Mohammad was born |
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632 |
The Prophet Mohammad died and
his teachings were compiled into the Koran, the name
of the holy book of Islam
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642 |
642 - 1220 The Arab Caliphate |
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1220 |
Mongol Era when Persia
conquered by Gangis Khan |
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1271 |
The explorer Marco Polo
journeyed through Persia en route to China |
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1295 |
Ghazan Khan becomes the first
Mongol leader to convert to Islam |
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1501 |
1501-1524 - Safavid Dynasty
founded by Shah Ismail I who united all of Persia
under Iranian leadership
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1795 |
Qajar Dynasty |
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1851 |
1851-1906 - The Qajars lost
central Asian provinces to the Russians and were
forced to give up all claims on Afghanistan to Great
Britain
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1925 |
1925-1940 - Pahlavi Dynasty |
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1979 |
The Shah was overthrown by the
Islamic Revolution ending 2,500 years of monarchy |
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1980 |
July 29: The Islamic
Revolution |
