Packet 3: Bonus 4
The rise of local Saffarid and Tahirid dynasties coincided with a cultural revival that used a new form of this language. For 10 points each:
[10e] The new form of what language used by the Safavids was developed from the dialect spoken in the Parthian Empire?
ANSWER: New Persian [or Farsi or Modern Persian; accept Dari or Tajik]
[10h] This Shia dynasty promoted vernacular Fahlavīyāt poetry but did not officially adopt Dari. Three sons of a fisherman founded this dynasty, which governed through a triumvirate ruled from Shiraz, Baghdad, and Ray.
ANSWER: Buyid dynasty [or the Buyids; accept the Buyid Empire or Buyid Emirates]
[10m] The Samanid dynasty promoted the use of New Persian from this city, its second capital. A Persian-speaking Jewish group was centered on this city, which was the capital of an Uzbek Emirate conquered by Russia.
ANSWER: Bukhara [or Buxoro]
<EC, World History> | NAFTA-Packet-3
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 16.74 | 98% | 65% | 5% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbas I founded the Abbasids | The Unbearable Heaviness of History Players | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| UBC B | UBC A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 40% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |