Question
This city’s monumental Naqsh-e Jahān Square, a core element of Sheikh Bahā’i’s master plan for it, is lined by the Sheikh Lotfollāh Mosque, Shāh Mosque, and Āli Qāpu Palace. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this city that Abbās the Great made the capital of Safavid Iran in 1598, replacing Tabriz and Qazvin.
ANSWER: Isfahān (“iss-feh-HAWN”) [or Esfahān]
[10h] The other main element of Abbās’s master plan of Isfahān was an avenue named for these four-part gardens common in Persian urban planning. The Tāj Mahal and the Gardens of Bābur feature these gardens.
ANSWER: chahārbāgh [accept chārbāgh; accept Chahar Bagh Boulevard or Khiyābān-e Chahārbāgh; prompt on paradise gardens or bāghhā-ye pardis]
[10e] After a war with this empire, Abbās included New Julfa, the largest Armenian quarter at the time, in the plan for Isfahān. The Safavids twice moved the capital southeast to be further from this “gunpowder empire.”
ANSWER: Ottoman Empire [or Sublime Ottoman State or Osmanlı İmparatorluğu or Osmanlı Devleti or Devlet-i Aliyye-i Osmâniyye]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 0% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 9 | 13.33 | 78% | 56% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 67% | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 40% | 60% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
Data
| UNC D (DII) | Duke A (UG) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| UNC B (UG) | GWU A (UG) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Virginia C (UG) | GWU B (Grad) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Maryland A (Grad) | Liberty A (Grad) | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Liberty C (DII) | Virginia B (UG) | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| JMU B (UG) | Maryland C (DII) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Liberty B (DII) | Roanoke College A (DII) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Virginia A (UG) | JMU A (UG) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| UNC A (Grad) | William & Mary A (UG) | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |