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led by Shah Mahmud Hotaki, captured the capital city of Isfahan after a long siege. This event was the result of a military defeat at the Battle of Gulnabad earlier that year and contributed to the empire's final collapse and abdication of its last shah -
The protest gained momentum after the Shīʻa religious authorities issued a fatwa against tobacco use in December 1891. This was a major catalyst, as it led to a nationwide boycott and widespread demonstrations -
Following the Russo-Japanese War defeat, widespread strikes and mutinies forced Tsar Nicholas II to sign the October Manifesto, establishing the first elected parliament -
Revolutionaries sought to replace arbitrary power with law, representative government, and social justice and to resist the encroachment of imperial powers with conscious nationalism, popular activism, and economic independence -
British company obtained exploration rights, leading to the discovery of a commercial oil field in Masjed Soleymān in 1908. This led to the creation of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, marking the beginning of the modern petroleum industry in the country, which has since seen periods of foreign control and nationalization, and continues to make new discoveries -
Heavy losses and economic failure led to the collapse of the Romanov dynasty and the abdication of Nicholas II -
Led by Vladimir Lenin, the Bolsheviks seized power in Petrograd, initiating a socialist state -
A brutal conflict between the Bolshevik "Red" Army and the anti-communist "White" movement, resulting in a Bolshevik victory and the creation of the USSR -
Agha Mohammad Khan was enthroned as the king of Iran. He consolidated his power by overthrowing the Zand dynasty and was officially crowned Shah in 1796 after a military campaign against Georgia -
Joseph Stalin consolidated power, rapidly transforming the agrarian nation into an industrial power while initiating widespread purges and the forced collectivization of agriculture -
The country formerly known as Persia was renamed Iran. The name change was officially enacted in 1935 when Reza Shah Pahlavi issued a directive to foreign embassies to use "Iran" in all official correspondence. This was a nationalist move to foster a sense of national identity and modern statehood, distinguishing it from the older, more romanticized view of Persia often held in the West -
Following the Nazi invasion, the Soviet Union played a pivotal role in defeating Germany, suffering massive casualties but emerging as a global superpower -
Following Japan's surrender, Korea was divided along the 38th parallel into Soviet (North) and U.S. (South) occupation zones, creating two hostile states by 1948. -
North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel, launching a full-scale invasion to reunify the peninsula by force -
North Korean troops captured the South Korean capital, forcing the government and UN forces to retreat -
UN and South Korean forces held a last-stand defensive line around Busan, preventing the entire peninsula from falling to North Korea -
General Douglas MacArthur led a successful amphibious landing at Inchon, turning the tide of the war and severing North Korean supply lines -
UN forces crossed the 38th parallel and pushed deep into North Korea, nearing the Yalu River border with China -
Hundreds of thousands of Chinese People's Volunteer Force troops entered the war, forcing UN troops into a massive retreat. -
Surrounded UN troops, primarily U.S. Marines, fought their way out of a trap in harsh winter conditions against overwhelming Chinese forces -
President Truman relieved MacArthur of command after the general publicly criticized U.S. policy to keep the war limited -
An armistice was signed at Panmunjom, establishing the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, halting fighting without a formal peace treaty -
An agreement to divide Vietnam. Which was signed by The Democratic Republic of Vietnam, France, China, The Soviet Union and The United Kingdom -
President Diem was overthrown and assassinated -
First major war against the U.S. and Vietnam -
North Vietnamese ships attacked U.S. Navy ships -
Viet Cong bombed a U.S. air base -
U.S. had a massive search and destroy operation to eradicate the Iron Temple -
North Vietnam initiated an artillery assault of the war against the U.S. -
North Vietnam launched surprise attacks on South Vietnam -
Limited-objective campaign which seeks through an aggressive projection or armed forces to occupy or recapture territory -
North Vietnam which lead to the collapse of the Vietnamese government -
he revolution stemmed from widespread opposition to the Shah's modernization, secularization, and authoritarian rule, combined with anger over social injustice and perceived foreign influence -
went to war due to a combination of territorial disputes, political ambitions, and fears stemming from the Iranian Revolution. Iraq, led by Saddam Hussein, invaded Iran in 1980, seeking to gain control of the Shatt al-Arab waterway and annex the oil-rich province of Khuzestan -
The catastrophic nuclear accident in Ukraine accelerated the political instability of the Soviet system, testing the limits of Gorbachev’s glasnost policy -
ehran at age 89 due to bleeding in his digestive system after suffering multiple heart attacks. As the founder and first Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, he had led the country since the 1979 revolution until his death. His death triggered a period of national mourning and the subsequent selection of Ali Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader -
A decades-long geopolitical conflict with the US, marked by the 1957 launch of Sputnik, the 1961 Gagarin spaceflight, and the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis -
Following failed reforms and economic decline, the USSR collapsed, with Boris Yeltsin becoming the leader of the independent Russian Federation -
Former KGB officer Vladimir Putin won the presidential election, beginning a period of re-centralized control and increased economic stability through natural resource sales -
The United States unilaterally withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), on May 8, 2018, during the Trump administration. The U.S. simultaneously reimposed economic sanctions on Iran that had been lifted under the agreement -
I met Carter in the Summer of 2022 on our favourite game -
This was my first time driving my racecar at the track (I won a trophy!!) -
My freshman year homecoming -
Halloween with my most favourite person -
Went to the Seward sea life centre with Natalie and her family