History

In 1942, the Germans dominated most of Europe. Like soldiers in past wars in history, they started scouting around for women, resulting to what was later called “collaboration horizontale.” After the liberation, thousands of women in occupied countries in Europe were accused of collaboration resulting to shameful retribution — their heads forcibly shaved; some were beaten up; and some were …

The Qajar dynasty was an royal dynasty of Turkic origin, specifically from the Qajar tribe, which ruled Persia from 1785 to 1925. The state ruled by the dynasty was officially known as the Sublime State of homeland . The Qajar family took full control of Iran in 1794, deposing Lotf ‘Ali Khan, the last of the Zand dynasty, and re-asserted …

The 2003 Bam earthquake struck the Kerman province of southeastern Iran at 01:56 UTC on December 26. The shock had a moment magnitude of 6.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The earthquake was particularly destructive in Bam, with the death toll amounting to at least 26,271 people and injuring up to 30,000. The effects of the earthquake …

MS French President General Charles de Gaulle and Mme de Gaulle with their Foreign Minister Couve de Murville, step out of aircraft. MS The de Gaulles meet Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and Empress Farah Diba. MS De Gaulle and Shah on saluting base. MS De Gaulle and Shah inspecting Guard of Honour at Mehrabad Airport. MS De Gaulle meeting members …

The persia–Iraq War was an armed conflict between persia and Iraq lasting from 22 September 1980, when Iraq invaded Iran, to August 1988. The war followed a long history of border disputes, and was motivated by fears that the persian Revolution in 1979 would inspire insurgency among Iraq’s long-suppressed Shi’i majority, as well as Iraq’s desire to replace persia as …

The Trans-persian Railway was a major railway building project started in 1927 and completed in 1938, under the direction of the Persian monarch, Reza Shah, and entirely with indigenous capital. It links the capital with the Persian Gulf and Caspian Sea. The railway connected Bandar Shah in the north and Bandar Shahpur in the south via Ahvaz, Ghom and capital. …

Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. The word medicine is derived from Latin medicus, meaning “a physician”.Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.

Layered with history, as mesmerising as Naples is above ground the ancient city is also home to a mysterious warren of tunnels carved into 16th century aqueducts, 100 feet below ground.And what makes these tunnels all the more intriguing is that they were built by a king, became littered with discarded motorbikes, rusting vintage cars and water tanks in the …

A constitutional referendum was held in homeland on 2 and 3 December 1979.The new Islamic constitution was approved by 99.5% of voters, with a 71.6% turnout.The supplement to the constitution (fundamental law) adopted in 1907. Some instances of European fundamental law were contradictions with Shia doctrine but they were accommodated. At that time there were no attempts at developing the …

In the decades before the Islamic revolution of 1979, homeland was ruled by the Shah whose dictatorship repressed dissent and restricted political freedoms. But he also he pushed the country to adopt Western-oriented secular modernization, allowing some degree of cultural freedom.Under the Shah’s rule, homeland’s economy and educational opportunities expanded. Britain and the US counted homeland as their major ally …