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Iran in world history (survey)

Iran's history from Elam to the present, told through its peoples, empires, faiths and ideas.

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IDCDC-HIS-01 · Foundations · 30 h · Open for enrolment on study.iranians.global

Academy · course · History · Faculty of History and Humanities · Open for enrolment on study.iranians.global

Iran in world history (survey)

Iran's history from Elam to the present, told through its peoples, empires, faiths and ideas.

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On the mapSubjectIranian history historiographyOpen for enrolmentyes
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Academy126 courses, 126 open for enrolmentCivic3 campaigns, 5 programmesHeritage116 days to keep, 40 chronology entriesNews88 approved sources, no confirmed events yetChaptersforming. None is recognised yet
LevelFoundationsSelf-paced online with recorded lectures and readings.

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Course code
IDCDC-HIS-01
School
History
Faculty
Faculty of History and Humanities
Level
Foundations
Hours
30 h (estimated)
Audience
Anyone, including second-generation learners and non-Iranian partners.
Prerequisites
none listed
Enrolment
open
Learning platform
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Outline

6 modulesOutline ready
1
Before Persia
2
Empires of antiquity
3
Islam and the Persianate world
4
Turks, Mongols and Safavids
5
Qajars to Pahlavis
6
Revolution and after

What you can do after

  • Describe the main periods of Iranian history in order.
  • Explain how Iran's peoples, languages and faiths shaped one another.
  • Read a primary source critically.
  • Recognise where histories are contested and why.
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On a path

1 path
Heritage Learner (teen)Teens of the second and third generation · 5 courses · capstone: A family oral history, recorded with consent
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