The Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) was a British company founded in 1909 following the discovery of a large oil field in Masjed Soleiman, Iran.The British government purchased 51% of the company in 1914, gaining a controlling number of shares, effectively nationalizing the company. It was the first company to extract petroleum from Iran.In 1935 APOC was renamed …

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Persian Letters (French: Lettres persanes) is a literary work, published in 1721, ... Until the middle of the twentieth century, it was the "spirit" of the Regency which was largely admired, as well as the caricature in the classical tradition of La Bruyère, Pascal and Fontenelle. No one thought to attach it to the novelistic genre.

General. Geographically, the Middle East can be thought of as Western Asia with the addition of Egypt (which is the non-Maghreb region of Northern Africa) and with the exclusion of the Caucasus.The Middle East was the first to experience a Neolithic Revolution (c. the 10th millennium BCE), as well as the first to enter the Bronze Age (c. 3300–1200 BC) and Iron Age …

Ayran, doogh, dhallë, daw, xynogala or tan is a cold savory yogurt-based beverage of yogurt and water popular across Western Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeastern Europe, North Asia and Eastern Europe.The principal ingredients are yogurt, water and salt. Herbs such as mint may be optionally added. Some varieties are carbonated

This timeline tries to compile dates of important historical events that happened in or that led to the rise of the Middle East.The Middle East is the territory that comprises today's Egypt, the Persian Gulf states, Iran, Iraq, Israel and Palestine, Cyprus, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.The Middle East, with its particular …

Harran (Arabic: حران, romanized: Ḥarrān), also known as Carrhae, was a major ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia whose site is in the modern village of Harran, Turkey, 44 kilometers southeast of Şanlıurfa.The location is in the Harran district of Şanlıurfa Province.. The archaeological remains are in the ancient Harran, a major commercial, cultural, science and religious center first ...

Persian and Urdu are distinct languages. Persian is classified as an Iranian language, whereas Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language.They fall under the larger grouping of the Indo-Iranian languages, and hence share some linguistic features due to common descent.. However, the majority of influence from Persian is direct, through a process often called Persianization.

The Battle of the Persian Gate was a military conflict between a Persian force, commanded by the satrap of Persis, Ariobarzanes, and the invading Hellenic League, commanded by Alexander the Great.In the winter of 330 BC, Ariobarzanes led a last stand of the outnumbered Persian forces at the Persian Gates near Persepolis, holding back the Macedonian army for a month.

The phrase "new world order" was explicitly used in connection with Woodrow Wilson's global zeitgeist during the period just after World War I during the formation of the League of Nations."The war to end all wars" had been a powerful catalyst in international politics, and many felt the world could simply no longer operate as it once had.World War I had been justified not …

Petroglyphs have been found in all parts of the globe except Antarctica, with highest concentrations in parts of Africa, Scandinavia, Siberia, southwestern North America, and Australia; [citation needed] many examples of petroglyphs found globally are dated to approximately the Neolithic and late Upper Paleolithic boundary (roughly 10,000 to 12,000 years ago), though …

The Middle East Theatre of World War II is defined largely by reference to the British Middle East Command, which controlled Allied forces in both Middle East and eastern North Africa.From 1943, most of the action and forces concerned were in the adjoining Mediterranean Theatre. [citation needed]The region was quiet for the first few months of the war, until Fascist Italy …