The Safavid Empire was a short lived Sunni dynasty, which deferred to the Ottoman Empire.

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Under Shah Abbas I, Isfahan became not only the Safavid capital but also a great center for arts production.

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The only Safavid shah who was at all interested in the arts was Shah Abbas I.

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Circle ALL that apply:

Isfahan's maidan . . .

was patronized by Shah Abbas I.
was exclusively the imperial center of Isfahan.
houses two great mosques, the city's largest bazaar, and Shah Abbas I's palace.
was Shah Abbas I's attempt to copy what the great Mughal rulers of India were doing architecturally.
was also a polo field.

The Shahnama

is a long poem which has been copied and illustrated numerous times over the centuries.
is solely mythological and thus lends itself to fantastic illustrations of unreal scenes.
is an epic poem as important to Iranian civilization as Homer's Iliad is to western civilization.

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