Sasanian invasion of the Levant

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Sasanian–Byzantine conflict military campaign

The Sasanian invasion of the Levant was a major early 7th-century Persian military campaign that overran key Byzantine territories in the Eastern Mediterranean, including much of Syria and Palestine, dramatically reshaping the region’s political and religious landscape.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Persian invasion of 614	1
Sasanian invasion of Syria (540)	1
Sasanian raids in the Levant (540)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sasanian–Byzantine conflict ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
affected	Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land ⓘ trade routes in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ urban centers of the Levant ⓘ
belligerent	Heraclius NERFINISHED ⓘ Khosrow II NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	expansionist policy of Khosrow II ⓘ ongoing Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 ⓘ
commandedBy	Sasanian generals ⓘ
conflictBetween	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	c. 628 ⓘ
followedBy	Byzantine reconquest under Heraclius NERFINISHED ⓘ Muslim conquest of the Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	final phase of Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ late antique Near East ⓘ
location	Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	overrunning key Byzantine territories in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ temporary Sasanian presence in the Holy Land ⓘ
opponent	Byzantine provincial forces in Palestine ⓘ Byzantine provincial forces in Syria ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman–Persian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Sasanian invasion of Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousImpact	changes in control of Christian holy sites ⓘ disruption of Christian ecclesiastical structures in the Levant ⓘ tensions among Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christian communities ⓘ
result	Sasanian occupation of the Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ loss of key Byzantine territories in the Levant ⓘ major shift in regional political landscape ⓘ major shift in regional religious landscape ⓘ temporary Sasanian control of Jerusalem ⓘ
significantEvent	Sasanian advance to the Mediterranean coast ⓘ Sasanian capture of Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian capture of Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	c. 611 ⓘ early 7th century ⓘ
territoryOverrun	Byzantine Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Palaestina Tertia NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenicia NERFINISHED ⓘ
territoryOverrun	Palaestina Prima NERFINISHED ⓘ Palaestina Secunda NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Late Antiquity ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima → affectedBy → Sasanian invasion of the Levant ⓘ

Siege of Antioch (540) → precededBy → Sasanian invasion of the Levant ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sasanian invasion of Syria (540)

Siege of Antioch (540) → followedBy → Sasanian invasion of the Levant ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sasanian raids in the Levant (540)

St George Monastery in Wadi Qelt → destroyedBy → Sasanian invasion of the Levant ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian invasion of 614