DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE EAST
DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN MIDDLE EAST
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they converted their nations to Christianity
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they introduced Western ideas and technologies into their nations
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each expanded political and human rights to every single citizen in their nations
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each was the father of democracy in their nation
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Detailed explanation-1: -During Reza Shah’s sixteen years of rule, major developments, such as large road construction projects and the Trans-Iranian Railway were built, modern education was introduced and the University of Tehran, the first Iranian university, was established.
Detailed explanation-2: -From 1960 to 1963 Mohammad Reza carried out a national development program called the White Revolution, which expanded transportation networks, fostered dam and irrigation projects, helped eradicate disease, boosted literacy, and encouraged industrial growth and land reform.
Detailed explanation-3: -Considered the founding father of modern Iran by contemporary historians, Army General Reza Shah Pahlavi replaced Islamic laws with western ones, and forbade traditional Islamic clothing, separation of the sexes and veiling of women (hijab).
Detailed explanation-4: -Rise and exile of Ayatollah Khomeini (1963–1979) The post-revolutionary leader-Shia cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini-first came to political prominence in 1963 when he led opposition to the Shah and his White Revolution.