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The Sasanian Empire succeeded the Parthian Empire and re-established the Persians as a major power in late antiquity alongside its arch-rival, the Roman Empire (after 395 the Byzantine Empire). The empire ended with the Muslim conquest of Persia.
At its greatest territorial extent, the Sasanian Empire encompassed all of present-day Iran and Iraq, and stretched from the eastern Mediterranean (including Anatolia and Egypt) to parts of modern-day Pakistan as well as from parts of southern Arabia to the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Jan 10, 2023 · A map illustrating the rise and expansion of the Sassanid Empire (also known as Erānshahr, "the Domain of the Iranians/Aryans" or Neo-Persian Empire.) Named after the House of Sasan, it was the longest-lived Persian imperial dynasty, enduring from 224 CE until the Islamic conquests in the 7th century.
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.
At its greatest extent, the Sasanian Empire encompassed all of present-day Iran and Iraq and stretched from the eastern Mediterranean (including Anatolia and Egypt) to Pakistan, and from parts of southern Arabia to the Caucasus and Central Asia.
May 7, 2013 · This map shows the territorial expansion of the Sasanian Empire from 226 to 651 CE.
May 29, 2024 · Sasanian dynasty, ancient Iranian dynasty that ruled an empire (224–651 ce), rising through Ardashīr I’s conquests in 208–224 ce and destroyed by the Arabs during the years 637–651. The dynasty was named after Sāsān, an ancestor of Ardashīr.
The Sasanian Empire (ca. 224 - 651 CE) In 224 CE, after the Arsacid empire had suffered a series of military defeats and economic downturns, the vassal king of Fars, Ardashir, defeated the Arsacid king Artabanus IV in battle and founded a new dynasty named after his grandfather Sasan.
Map of the Ancient World during the Sasanian Period. Over the centuries, the borders of the Sasanian Empire fluctuated, sometimes expanding as far as the Mediterranean and India. Fars, a region in southern Iran, was the center of the empire.
Apr 23, 2024 · The Sasanian Empire, founded by Ardashir I, was a prominent power for over 400 years, rivaling the Roman and later Byzantine Empires. At its peak, it covered modern Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, parts of Russia, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, parts of Afghanistan, Turkey, Syria, Pakistan, Central Asia, Eastern Arabia, and parts ...
