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Sasanian dynasty, ancient Iranian dynasty that followed the Parthian dynasty. Iranian nationalism and art experienced a renaissance under their empire, architecture took on grandiose proportions, and Zoroastrianism enjoyed official status as the state religion. The empire was destroyed by the Arabs in the 7th century.
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The Sasanian Empire ( / səˈsɑːniən, səˈseɪniən /) or Sassanid Empire, sometimes referred to Second Persian Empire or Neo-Persian Empire, [9] officially known as Eranshahr ("Kingdom of the Iranians"), [10] [11] was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th to 8th centuries.
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- Notable Monarchs of The Sasanian Empire
- Reign of Kosrau I
- Yazdegerd III - The Last Sasanian King
The Sasanian family has several possible origins related to the genealogy of the dynasty's founder Ardashir I who was born in 180 CE. These origins either link him to the Achaemenids or the Kayanids, both important to the Iranian identity. The first is a historical empire and dynasty, and the second is a mythological dynasty of kings deeply related...
Kosrau I (l. c. 501-579 CE, r. 531-579 CE) is the most important and famous of the Sasanian kings. Successful in both military and administrative duties, he would become the Iranian ideal of a king. He would also feature prominently in Iranian literature. Kosrau's reforms were probably what continued to sustain the Sasanian Empire for the next 100 ...
The last Sasanian king, Yazdegerd III (624-651 CE, r. 632 to 651 CE) ascended the throne when he was only eight years old. Due to the chaotic situation of the Empire, the king was actually crowned not in the capital but in the province of Persis, the original home of the Sasanian dynasty. He ruled during the time of the Muslim invasion of the Sasan...
The Sasanian dynasty (also known as the Sassanids or the House of Sasan) was the house that founded the Sasanian Empire of Iran, ruling this empire from 224 to 651 AD. It began with Ardashir I, who named the dynasty in honour of his predecessor, Sasan . The Shahanshah was the sole regent, head of state and head of government of the empire.
As Sasanian culture spread abroad, the imagery and style of Sasanian art left a legacy discernible in the art of early medieval Europe, western Central Asia, and China that endured after the fall of the Sasanian dynasty in the mid-seventh century and the growth of Islam.
The Sasanian period marks the end of the ancient and the beginning of the medieval era in the history of the Middle East. Universalist religions such as Christianity, Manichaeism, and even Zoroastrianism and Judaism absorbed local religions and cults at the beginning of the 3rd century. Both the Sasanian and the Roman empires ended by adopting ...
Mar 2, 2020 · The Sassanian Empire (224-651) was the greatest expression of Persian culture in the ancient world. It was consciously modeled on the earlier Achaemenid Empire (c. 550-330 BCE) which established Persian supremacy in the region and developed innovations in government, agriculture, ancient Persian art and architecture, and religion.
