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11 09, 2017

Nader Shah – history of Iran – the 1700s

By |2019-10-21T10:25:00-07:00September 11th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on Nader Shah – history of Iran – the 1700s

Nader Shah (Iran, 1736-1747) In 1736 AD, Nader Shah overthrew the last Safavid shah and established the country of Iran, with himself as the Shah (king) of Iran. Like Genghis Khan, Nader Shah was [...]

31 05, 2017

Central Asian games – wrestling, polo, archery

By |2017-09-18T11:19:19-07:00May 31st, 2017|Central Asia, Games|Comments Off on Central Asian games – wrestling, polo, archery

Wrestlers from Samarkand (Uzbekistan, 600s AD) People in Central Asia played games that helped them get better at skills they would need in their lives. They needed to ride horses [...]

31 05, 2017

Uzbeks – Uzbekistan and Central Asian History

By |2019-08-08T15:43:08-07:00May 31st, 2017|Central Asia, History|Comments Off on Uzbeks – Uzbekistan and Central Asian History

Uzbek ruler in his yurt (1509, probably at Samarkand, in Uzbekistan) The Uzbek empire After the collapse of the Mongol Timur's empire in the 1400s AD, many smaller states replaced the [...]

30 05, 2017

The Silk Road to the Great Game – Central Asian History

By |2017-05-30T17:31:17-07:00May 30th, 2017|Central Asia, History|Comments Off on The Silk Road to the Great Game – Central Asian History

A melon stall in Central Asia After Tamerlane died in 1405, his Altaic people kept on ruling Central Asia, but not as one big empire. There were lots of little [...]

30 05, 2017

Sher Ali Khan and Afghanistan – Central Asian History

By |2017-05-30T16:53:58-07:00May 30th, 2017|Central Asia, History|Comments Off on Sher Ali Khan and Afghanistan – Central Asian History

Dost Mohammed Khan In 1834 AD Dost Mohammed Kahn pushed aside Ahmed Shah Durrani's grandson to become the ruler of Afghanistan. He found himself caught ruling a small, poor country [...]

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