PPT-2.1 Greece and Iran,

1000 30 BCE pg 104 133 WarmUp What do you know about ancient Persia and Greece List as many things as you can Ancient Iran The Persian Empire Introduction Relatively little written record remains from the Persian Empire. Are you planning to visit Iran? Are you wondering It is safe to visit Iran? or Do I need a visa for Iran? And how hard is to get a visa? or even Is it safe for US citizens to visit Iran? There lots of important information to do or not to do in Iran, and on this slides we have listed some of most important tips that you need to know before or during visit Iran. We hope that these tips help you to get the most out of your trip to Iran. David Albright. ISIS. November 3, 2013. Nuclear Weapon Issues in the 21st Century. Sponsored by the American . Physical Society Forum on Physics/Society & GWU Elliott School. Photo of Natanz, DigitalGlobe. Jon Wolfsthal. Deputy Director CNS. US Institute for Peace – June 10, 2014. US-Iranian Ties/Tensions Have a Long History. 1950s with Overthrow of Iranian PM . Mossadegh. 1960s - 1970s US Support for Shah. Iran/Persia. Iran/Persia. To be clear- Iran and Persia are the same place.. Ringed by mountains and lacking resources, Persia was a hostile landscape and had few resources. What does this mean for the economy?. 1000 – 30 B.C.E.. pg. 104 – 133. Warm-Up. What do you know about ancient Persia and Greece. ? List as many things as you can.. Ancient Iran – The Persian Empire. Introduction. Relatively little written record remains from the Persian Empire. What is this war about anyway. ?. Saddam Hussein . Ayatollah Khomeini . Iraq has oil…. Iraq’s oil is good quality. It exists in great quantity . It is cheap to produce. Costs about $1.00 . a barrel (yes 1 dollar). Countries and Concepts: Politics, Geography, Culture 12/e. By Michael G. . Roskin. Copyright © 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. . Sergio . Pitamitz. /Corbis. Iran’s Geography. Copyright © 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. . http://www.conservapedia.com/images/7/7d/US_Iran.gif. Presentation by Robert Martinez. Images as cited.. In February 1979, less than a year before the hostage crisis, . Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. , the Shah of Iran, had been overthrown in an Islamist, nationalist revolution.. Isaac Littler. Safavids 1501-1722. Predominantly Persian elite. Claimed to be descendants of the Twelve Imams. Lack of central control. Converted about 90% of population to Shiism. Had respect for . People of the Book. AKA- City-state. Made up of a city and its surrounding countryside. Each had it’s own government. Acropolis- where citizens gathered to discuss city government. Athens and Democracy. Democracy: Rule by the people. Greece has few natural resources and is 80% mountains, making agriculture difficult . Greece used the sea for trade and transportation. Greece set up trading colonies along the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. 1000-500 BCE. Land of the Aryans. Iran. , Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan. Link between western Asia and central/southern Asia. Majority of surviving historical accounts are Greek. Persian Empire. David Albright. ISIS. November 3, 2013. Nuclear Weapon Issues in the 21st Century. Sponsored by the American . Physical Society Forum on Physics/Society & GWU Elliott School. Photo of Natanz, DigitalGlobe. WORLD HISTORY READERS Level 1- ⑨ THE PERSIAN EMPIRE The Acropolis in Athens, Greece When and where did the Persians have their empire? For almost two hundred years, from 550 BC to 330 BC, the Persian Empire was the most powerful state in the world.