Week 10

During class we talked about Reza Shah, Mohammed Reza Shah and Mossadeq.  These leaders made reforms to Iran during the early 1900's.  We discussed the Arab struggle for Independence as well as the Authoritarian Reform in Turkey.  Its interesting to see that struggles that faced and crippled the Ottoman Empire, are causing the same future for many of the developing independent countries sprouting all over the Middle East after the empires collapse.  Turkey and Iran's dependency on European loans, manpower, and technology all steadily increase through out the century.  

Revolutions and reforms arise in these countries as citizens show their defiance to Europeans basically rapping their country.  The struggle to push for a constitution is an important as well as interesting action that occurred in Iran.  Its interesting to see through out history even in the Ottoman Empires past, that humans constantly fight for their idea of freedom.