BMGT 289F Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Women In Iran
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Religiously tolerant of christians and jews: paid a special tax, followed rules about clothes and colors they could wear, barred from military and government service unless they converted. 1914- wwi, last chance for young turk government to salvage what was left of the empire, no longer could stay neutral, british allied with russians (ottomans were enemies of russians) so the ottomans had to ally with. Germans: britain, france and russia planned to carve up ottoman empire if they won. Alexander the great: conquered a lot of land when he was young, died young, tried to get men to marry persian women. Wealthy people funded public things, similar to the romans to improve status (maybe?) Sold right to collect taxes to the people, kept remaining tax.