Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

1900 1925 1950 1960 1975 1990

c. 4000 B.C. Settlements prospered in what is now Iran during the

Bronze Age

Sixth to fifth

centuries B.C. Persia becomes a dominant Middle Eastern kingdom

Early seventh

centuryA.D. Height of the Persian Empire

A.D. 622 Islam is established by the prophet Muhammad in what

is today Saudi Arabia and begins to spread across the

Middle East

632 Death of Muhammad; Islam soon becomes divided over

the line of succession, which will result in the Sunnite and

Shiite branches of the religion

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CHRONOLOGY & TIMELINE

1900 1925 1950 1960 1975 1990

c. 1902

Birth of

Ruhollah Khomeini

c. 1920

Ruhollah goes to study under

Ayatollah Abdul Karim Haeri

1926

Reza Shah Pahlavi takes

control of independent Persia

1941

Reza Shah Pahlavi is

succeeded by his son

Muhammad Reza

1930

Ruhollah becomes a

Shiite teacher, takes the

surname Khomeini

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c. 1902

Birth of

Ruhollah Khomeini

c. 1920

Ruhollah goes to study under

Ayatollah Abdul Karim Haeri

1926

Reza Shah Pahlavi takes

control of independent Persia

1941

Reza Shah Pahlavi is

succeeded by his son

Muhammad Reza

1930

Ruhollah becomes a

Shiite teacher, takes the

surname Khomeini

190019001900 192519251925 195019501950 1960 1975 1990

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