What came after the Safavid?
In 1722 the Safavid rule collapsed under the weight of invasions by the Afghans, the Ottomans, and the Russian armies of Peter the Great. Persia experienced a temporary political revival under Nader Shah in the 1730s. After Nadir Shah, chaos ruled until 1779, when the rule of Turkman based Qajar dynasty began. The great French Revolution of 1789 and the industrial revolution transformed Europe. Unable to compete with the new industrial powers of Europe, Persia languished under the Feudal rule of the Qajar throughout the 19th Century. In spite of a major constitutional democratic revolution in 1906, Reza Khan Mir-Panj (later renamed to Pahlavi) seized power from the Qajars to found a new dictatorship in 1925. In the 20th century Middle East dictatorial regimes have suffocated intellectual progress. Cultural progress has not been easy in our part of the world. Conclusion Here is the history of the Middle East, caravans carrying silk and pearl, gardens of roses, with cascades, inner circl
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