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    The document provides a timeline of key events in ancient Persian/Iranian history, beginning with Indo-European invaders settling in the Iranian plateau in the 2nd millennium BC and establishing the Median nation in the 7th century BC. It notes that Iran was known as Persia until 1935, and also outlines important 20th century events like Reza Shah asking foreign powers for alliance against Germany in WWII, Mossadeq nationalizing oil in 1951, the 1953 CIA coup against Mossadeq, and the 1979 Islamic Revolution that ended the Shah's rule.

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    The document provides a timeline of key events in ancient Persian/Iranian history, beginning with Indo-European invaders settling in the Iranian plateau in the 2nd millennium BC and establishing the Median nation in the 7th century BC. It notes that Iran was known as Persia until 1935, and also outlines important 20th century events like Reza Shah asking foreign powers for alliance against Germany in WWII, Mossadeq nationalizing oil in 1951, the 1953 CIA coup against Mossadeq, and the 1979 Islamic Revolution that ended the Shah's rule.

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    Persepolis Timeline Introduction - Poster - English Language and Literature

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    PERSEPOLIS TIMELINE INTRODUCTION

    second INDO EUROPEAN INVADERS GAVE


    millennial B.C THEIR NAME TO THE IRANIAN PLATEAU
    WHERE THEY SETTLED

    seventh
    century B.C. THE MEDES FOUNDED THE FIRST
    IRANIAN NATION

    IRAN WAS REFERRED TO AS PERSIA


    sixth century
    UNTIL 1935 WHEN REZA SHAH ASKED
    B.C.
    EVERYONE TO CALL THE COUNTRY
    IRAN
    during the
    THE BRITISH, SOVIETS, AND
    second world
    AMERICANS ASKED REZA SHAS TO
    war
    ALLY HIMSELF WITH THEM AGAINST
    GERMANY

    MOHAMMED MOSSADEQ
    1951
    NATIONALIZED THE OIL INDUSTRY

    THE CIA ORGANIZED A COUP AGAINST


    1953
    HIM WITH THE HELP OF THE BRITISH

    THE SLAH WAS NO LONGER ON THE


    1979 THRONE AS HE FLED IRAN TO ESCAPE
    THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION

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