Whitfield Logan English 102 Ighade 4-7-14 Cultural Acceptance in Persepolis Marjane Satrapi‘s graphic novel Persepolis is an autobiography that depicts her childhood up to her early adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution. Throughout the novel Satrapi incorporates character development‚ religion‚ and the conflict of freedom vs. confinement in order to develop a greater appreciation between two opposing eastern and western cultures. When analyzing the current relationship
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Iran. This was a tough situation because America and Iran had bigger problems to deal with. Insurgency broke out and former King Reza Shah Pahlavi was forced into exile by the people of Iran. The United States backed the former King and when Pahlavi came to America looking for refuge this caused a serious situation. The United States learned that Pahlavi had cancer and made a choice to let him in for treatment. This angered the people of Iran and forced Iranian students to protest outside of the
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Ayatollah Khomeini The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khumeini born in Khomein‚ Iran‚ 1901 bacame leader of Iran in 1970 by forcing the overthrow of the SHAH(MUHAMMAD REZA SHAH PAHALVI) and Prime Minister Shahpur Bakhtiar. The son of ayatollah of the Shiite sect‚ he achieved the high religious rank of ayatollah in the 1940’s and by 1962was one of the 6 grand ayatollah’s of Iran’s Shiite muslims. Exiled in 1963 for his part and religious demonstrations against shah‚ he moved to France in 1978. In Paris Khomeini
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Early Tang Dynasty (618-917AD) Silk Road‚ the most well-known trading route of the ancient Chinese civilization and trade prosperity‚ rose to its peak in early Tang dynasty (618AD). It departed from Chang’an in China and led to the Western regions‚ It was a result of the establishment of the Tang Emperors and was a great prosperity in the economy. The Emperors paid special attention to the access of vast Western regions The name “Silk Road”
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Various factors influenced the 1979 Iranian revolution‚ but at the core of this significant event was Islamic fundamentalism. The Iranian religious leader‚ Ayatollah Khomeini‚ led this movement to end the thirty-seven-year reign of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi‚ also known as the Shah of Iran (Diller 1991‚ p.152). The revolution was a combination of mounting social‚ economic‚ political and religious strains. The nation of Iran was never colonized‚ unlike some of its bordering countries‚ making its people
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This paper will compare similarities and the differences of the Roman and Han Dynasty empires. It will compare their creation‚ maintenance‚ culture‚ and decline. These two giant empires were able to reach great heights‚ but they differed in origin. The Han Dynasty was created when Liu Bang pulled the state back together after the near collapse of the Qin dynasty. (Dunn and Mitchell 202) Rome had a much more humble beginning. “When Rome emerged as a republican city-state in late sixth century B.C
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After the fall of the Han Dynasty in the early second century‚ China had fallen into an era of civil unrest that would last for nearly four centuries. It was not until the Sui Dynasty that China would be restored to a unified state that could be productive and expansive once again. Although the Sui‚ Tang‚ and Song dynasty would all follow similar footsteps of the successful Han Dynasty‚ they each made small innovations to the political systems‚ religious foundations‚ and social lives that allowed
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Test Essay When observing Chinese dynasties today‚ it is seen that all the dynasties combined have lasted around 4000 years‚ from the Xia to the Qing‚ but how did each individual dynasty truly last so long? There were three major factors that led to lengthy Chinese dynasties. First of all‚ the Chinese dynasties’ trade and its evolution led to the wealth of several Chinese dynasties‚ enabling longer rule. The political innovations and structures created and adapted by the Chinese were effective
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Islamic Revolution‚ was a popular uprising that transpired in 1979. This revolt was supported by a wide range of people including students and Islamist organizations. The results of this rebellion yielded in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi‚ and the establishment of an Islamic Republic ruled by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. While many factors helped fuel the Iranian Revolution‚ the central reason why the Iranians overthrew the Shah was that of his abusive power. The
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1953 coup In February 1979‚ less than a year before the hostage crisis‚ Mohammad Reza Pahlavi‚ the Shah of Iran‚ had been overthrown in a revolution. For several decades before that‚ the United States had been an ally and backer of the Shah. During World War II‚ Allied powers Britain and the Soviet Union occupied Iran and required Reza Shah the existing Shan of Iran to abdicate in favor of his son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The invasion was allegedly in fear that Reza Shah was about to align his petroleum-rich
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