How did Iran (or Persia as it was known back then) survive the Age of Colonialism? Most nations in Africa and Asia were subject to a foreign power during the 19th and 20th centuries and yet Iran managed to circumvent this. To find out how and why watch this short and simple animated history documentary. Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tenminhistory Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/history-matters-store-2 A special thanks to all of these Patrons below, without whom the show wouldn't be possible: Franco La Bruna Kevin Sanders Chris Fatta Richard Wolfe Gregory - The Bittersteel Stefan Møller anon sharpie660 Ian Jensen SirAlpaka D. Mahlik Qi Xiao Dragan Andrew Miraut Dexter_McAaron Wolf Andrew Niedbala Rod D. Martin John Garcia Ariadni Voulgari Paul McGee Nathan Perlman Bernardo Santos Danny Anstess Henry Rabung Tristan Kreller Jane Sumpter Chris Hall Christopher Godfrey Christopher S Nelson Perry Gagne Shaun Pullin Warren Rudkin James Bisonette Fan #1 Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel bas mensink Joooooshhhhhh jdk Troy Schmidt Alen Blake Dryad I'm Not In The Description Cap William Wold Jeffrey Schneider FF Nelly Mark Ploegstra Liam Gilleece Kinfe85 Luke Robinson Haydn Noble MrPalomino Josh Cornelius Colm Boyle TooMuchWaterYouDie HelloAgainThere Julian Baumann Richard Manklow Nick Finan Colin Steele Gabriel Lunde João Santos Christine Purvis Konstantin Bredyuk Big Nick Donald Weaver Steve Bonds Seth Reeves Pierre Le Mouel Sources: The Great Game in Asia by David Fromkin Persia and the Great Powers, 1856-1869 by Mikhail Volodarsky