English: Persepolis: Research Guide Home

An introduction to the Muslim world, discussing family life, marriage, men and women, education and employment, Islamic law, institutions and organizations, states, politics, political groups, civil and human rights, and Islamism in the twenty-first century, and including regional and national surveys, topical essays, and suggestions for further reading.

Chronicles the downfall of the former Shah of Iran and the 1979 Iranian Revolution that culminated in a new government based on the Islamic religion and led by the Ayatollah Khomeini.