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Safavid Empire Conquests

1501 CE – 1524 CE

Shah Ismail I unified Persia and imposed Twelver Shia Islam as the state religion, creating the Safavid Empire and establishing the sectarian divide that shapes the Middle East to this day.

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Safavid Empire Conquests

1501 CE – 1524 CE

Shah Ismail I unified Persia and imposed Twelver Shia Islam as the state religion, creating the Safavid Empire and establishing the sectarian divide that shapes the Middle East to this day.

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