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| | Baxter's EduNET - Time Machine |
 | | After many decades of foreign rule, the Persian Empire rose yet again under Shah Ismail, founder of the Safavid dynasty, crowned in 1502 in the city of Tabriz. |
 | | Shah Abbas I (1587-1629) proved to be a decisive ruler, the first of the Safavid shahs to establish Persia as a homogeneous state, enforcing, often brutally, adherence to Shi'ism, and imposing Farsi (Persian) as a unifying language throughout the land. |
 | | He in turn was followed by his ten-year old son, Shah Abbas II (1642-1666), who was initially brought up very strictly by his austere and religious ministers. |
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