commerce and religion flourished. After his death, the empire gradually declined although the Safavid dynasty survived into the18th century. Author: Zainab Mahmood. Whether you are 8, 18 or 28, it's ...

Ancient events as a key to reading today's battles of the Aliev dynasty. Baku (AsiaNews ... one of the main proponents of the Safavid thesis as a ‘phenomenon of Azerbaijani statehood ...