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Most of the Christians in the Sasanian empire lived on the western edge of the empire, predominantly in Mesopotamia, but there were also important extant communities in the more northern territories, namely Caucasian Albania, Lazica, Iberia, and the Persian part of Armenia.
May 29, 2024 · 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.
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May 17, 2013 · The Sasanian Empire (224-651 CE, also given as Sassanian, Sasanid or Sassanid) was the last pre-Islamic Persian empire, established in 224 CE by Ardeshir I, son of Papak, descendant of Sasan. The Empire lasted until 651 CE when it was overthrown by the Arab Rashidun Caliphate.
One of the most energetic and able Sasanian rulers was Shapur I (r. 241–272). During his reign, the central government was strengthened, the coinage was reformed, and Zoroastrianism was made the state religion. The expansion of Sasanian power in the West brought conflict with Rome. In 260 A.D., Shapur I took the Roman emperor Valerian ...
With Christianity the dominant religion in the Roman Empire, Persia’s great enemy, it is hardly surprising that that religion came to be seen as a threat by the Sasanian regime. Christians were viewed as a fifth column, and it was claimed that they refused to submit to the authority of the king of kings.
May 6, 2024 · Both the Sasanian and the Roman empires ended by adopting an official state religion, Zoroastrianism for the former and Christianity for the latter. In Mesopotamia, however, older cults such as that of the Mandaeans, the moon cult of Harran, and others continued alongside the great religions.
In the Sasanian Empire, the state religion Zoroastrianism created the policy that dictated relationships between men and women. Zoroastrianism set what roles women would have, the marriage practices, women's privileges in Sasanian society and influenced Islam when it arose.
