History of the Modern Middle East / Module 6
19th-Century Social, Economic, Intellectual, and Religious Trends
Iran's nineteenth-century path is compared with Egypt and the Ottoman Empire. The lesson identifies regional trends that reached Iran later and shaped its modern history.
Learning objectives
- Compare Iran's nineteenth-century trajectory with Egypt and the Ottoman Empire.
- Identify regional social, economic, intellectual, and religious trends that reached Iran later.
Transcript excerpt
Excerpt from the lesson transcript
Iran has quite a different trajectory than the Ottoman Empire and then Egypt for most of the 19th century. And it has that different trajectory for a variety of reasons. And at the same time some trends that affected Egypt and the Ottoman Empire begin to impact on Iran at the very end of the 19th century and in the 20th century.