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Arab invasion ended the Sassanid dynasty and started Islamic rule and now modern persian language. -
Cyrus the Great founded the first Persian Empire which stretched from the Aegean sea to the Indus Valley. -
Shah Ismail the first established the Safavid Dynasty and declared Shia Islam an official state religion. -
James Hargreaves created this and it allowed a single worker to operate multiple spindles at once. -
James Watt added a separate condenser to the steam engine. it increased efficiency and reduced fuel consumption. -
Eli Whitney- Separates cotton fibers from the seeds. Cotton production was much faster and profitable. It also reinforced slavery. -
A pioneering steam locomotive that had a multi tubular boiler which became the standard design for almost all steam engines after that and it started the railway age -
Thomas edison- invented a bulb with high resistance carbon filament which allowed the widespread for indoor electric light -
Russias defeat by Japan weakened the tsarist government and sparked internal unrest. -
Democratic movement led by clergy and merchants forced Qajar Shah to accept a constitution and elected parliament which limited the monarchs power. -
it was triggered by bloody Sunday and it led tsar Nicholas II to sign the October manifesto which created the duma, Russias first parliament -
abdication of tsar nicholas II and the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin seizing power -
Conflict between the bolshevik (red) and non bolshevik (white) ending in bolshevik victory and establishment of the USSR in 1922 -
Reza Khan seized power in 1921 following a British backed coup, crowned Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1926, and established an authoritarian monarchy. -
AFter operation Barbarossa the Soviet union joined the allies. the victory at the battle of Stalingrad was a major turning point in the war. -
In WWII the UK and Soviet Union invaded Iran to secure supply routes and depose Reza Shah. -
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After WWII the peninsula was divided into Soviet and U.S zones at the 38th parallel. -
The republic of Korea (South) and the Democratic Republic of Korea (North) were established. -
Seoul fell to North Korean forces days after the invasion. -
UN forces established a defensive line around Pusan, preventing a complete North Korean takeover. -
Gen Douglas MacArthur led a successful landing at Inchon changing the tide of the war. -
UN forces fought a brutal retreat from north Korea after being surrounded by Chinese forces. -
thousands of Chinese troops crossed the Yalu River intervening on behalf of north Korea. -
North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel initiating the Korean war. -
Iran parliament led by Mohammad Mosaddegh voted to nationalize the british-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. -
president Truman relieved MacArthur of command after public disagreement over war strategy. -
US CIA and M16 overthrew the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, who nationalized the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, and reinstated Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. -
his death led to power struggle and the "de-stalinization" under Nikita khrushchev -
AN armistice was signed, stopping the fighting and establishing the demilitarized zone but no peace treaty was ever signed. -
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USSR launched the first satellite followed by Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human in space in 1961 -
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13 day nuclear standoff between the US and Soviet union over the installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba -
A series of reforms launched by Mohammad Pahlavi in Iran in 1963, made to modernize the country and promote economic development. During this women were given the right to vote, forests were nationalized, and more. -
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Protests against Shah's authoritarian rule in 1978, the government made martial law in Tehran. people were unaware and gathered in Jaleh Squared for a religious demonstration. the military opened fire on the crowed and killed dozens. -
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reform policies introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev aimed at restructuring the economy and increasing political openness, led to the Soviet collapse. -
failed coup attempt, the USSR was dissolved in dec and Boris Yeltsin became the first president of the newly independent russian federation -
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