History of Iran 🇮🇷 - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Prophet who founded a religion in 1000 BC, dominating Iran for the next millennia	Zoroaster	97%
Iranian ancestors were known by this term, popularized by the Nazis	Aryans	90%
The Achaemenid Empire fell to this conquerer in 330 BC, who burned Persepolis	Alexander the Great	79%
This third Achaemenid Shah built a network of roads to better collect taxes	Darius the Great	79%
Turkic leader who conquered the above and established an empire in Central Asia	Timur	76%
The above empire was conquered by the Achaemenid Empire under this ruler	Cyrus the Great	72%
Early civilization in western Iran with Susa as its capital	Elam	69%
The above abdicated after these two countries invaded Iran in 1941 (name either)	Britain / Soviet Union	62%
Leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, installing a theocratic regime	Ruhollah Khomeini	62%
The mentioned empire was conquered by this Islamic caliphate	Umayyad Caliphate	62%
The above led to Persian invasion of Greece, which failed in this 490 BC battle	Battle of Marathon	59%
This Iranian empire under Cyaxares teamed with the Babylonians	Median Empire	55%
Iranian empire that originated in northeast Iran, stopping Rome from expanding east	Parthian Empire	55%
The above was defeated in the 224 by Ardashir I, establishing this empire	Sasanian Empire	52%
The Persian coup d’état of 1921 led to the establishment of this last dynasty	Pahlavi Dynasty	48%
Mongol invasion in the 13th century led to the establishment of this state	Ilkhanate	45%
1785-1925 Turkic dynasty founded by Agha Mohammad Khan, ruling from Tehran	Qajar Dynasty	45%
First shah of the above, who pushed for modernization and secularism	Reza Shah	45%
Dynasty established by the above ruler, making Shia Islam the state religion	Safavid Dynasty	45%
Iran was conquered by this empire in the 11th century	Seljuk Empire	45%
This cleric became Iran's second supreme leader in 1989	Ali Khamenei	41%
Last shah of Iran, rose to power after the above invasion	Reza Pahlavi	41%
Persia remained under rule of this Greek empire after the above ruler's death	Seleucid Empire	41%
499-493 BC revolt of Greek regions under Persian rule	Ionian Revolt	34%
1980-1988 war with Iran's western neighbor	Iran-Iraq War	34%
Iranian ruler who drove away the Turks in 1501, becoming shahanshah	Ismail I	34%
Prime minister who nationalize the oil industry in 1951, leading to a 1953 coup	Mohammad Mosaddegh	31%
Conqueror who crushed the Mughal army and sacked Delhi in 1739	Nader Shah	28%
Epic written by poet Ferdowsi to preserve ancient Persian myth and history	Shahnameh	28%
18th century Iranian dynasty founded by Karim Khan, ruling from Shiraz	Zand Dynasty	28%
Ruler of the above dynasty who produced the Shah Mosque and exquisite carpets	Abbas I the Great	24%
Persian philosopher and scientist who wrote "Canon of Medicine"	Avicenna	24%
Turkic state that resisted invasions from the above and gained control of Persia	Aq Qoyunlu	21%
1905-1911 revolution that led to the establishment of a Persian parliament	Constitutional Revolution	21%
612 BC battle in which the above aided the Babylonians to sack the Assyrians	Battle of Nineveh	14%
Great shah of the above empire who patronized art, culture and architecture	Khosrow I	14%
1965-1979 series of reform that modernized Iran and gave women the right to vote	White Revolution	14%
Historical period in which Arab rulers borrowed Persian art and court etiquette	Iranian Intermezzo	10%
1901 treaty that secured British oil rights in Iran	D’Arcy Concession	7%
City square built by the above ruler in Isfahan on a victory site against the Ottomans	Naqsh-e Jahan Square	7%

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