The Safavid dynasty flourishes in modern-day Iran
The Safavid dynasty was one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran, often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history.
The Safavid dynasty flourishes in modern-day Iran Read more
The Safavid dynasty was one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran, often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history.
The Safavid dynasty flourishes in modern-day Iran Read more
At its greatest extent, the Seljuk Empire controlled a vast area stretching from western Anatolia and the Levant to the Hindu Kush in the east, and from Central Asia to the Persian Gulf in the south.
Tughril Beg and Chaghri Beg found the Seljuk Empire Read more
The Canon of Medicine is an encyclopedia of medicine compiled by Persian physician-philosopher Ibn Sina. It presents an overview of the contemporary medical knowledge of the medieval Islamic world.
Ibn Sina publishes The Canon of Medicine Read more
A panemone windmill is a type of vertical axis wind turbine. It has a rotating axis positioned vertically, while the wind-catching blades move parallel to the wind.
The panemone windmill is invented, perhaps in Persia Read more
The Sasanian Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians, was the last kingdom of the Persian Empire before the rise of Islam.
The Sasanian Empire flourishes in modern-day Iran Read more
The earliest evidence of glassblowing was found in Chogha Zanbil, where many glass bottles were found in the excavations of the 2nd millennium B.C.E. site
Humans invent glassblowing, perhaps in modern-day Iran Read more
The Medes were an ancient Iranian people[N 2] who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran.
The Medes people of ancient Iran come together to form the Median Kingdom Read more
Zoroastrianism was the state religion of three Persian dynasties, until the Muslim conquest of Persia in the seventh century C.E.
Elam was an ancient Pre-Iranian civilization centered in the far west and southwest of what is now modern-day Iran.
The civilization of Elam rises in modern-day Iran Read more
Combs have been used since prehistoric times, having been discovered in very refined forms from settlements dating back to 5,000 years ago in Persia.
Humans of ancient Persia invent the comb Read more