Nishapur

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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1. Where is Nishapur?Central District of Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran
2. What language do people speak in Nishapur?Persian
3. When was Nishapur built?3rd century by Shapur I
4. Why was Nishapur famous for turquoise?The mountains near Nishapur had lots of high‑quality turquoise. People mined it for many centuries and made beautiful jewelry that was sold all over the world.
5. How did Nishapur grow so big?Because it was on the Silk Road, it had good farms and safe mountains. Traders, scholars, and craftsmen came there, so the city grew from a small town to a huge city with hundreds of thousands of people.

Satrapy: A province or administrative division in ancient Persian empires.
Tahirid Dynasty: A Persian dynasty that ruled Khorasan from 821 to 873 CE.
Seljuk Dynasty: A medieval Turkic dynasty that ruled over a vast empire from the 11th to 14th centuries.
Mongol Invasion: The series of military campaigns led by the Mongol Empire in the 13th century that caused widespread destruction.