Sasanian Empire

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Iranian dynasty empire historical state

The Sasanian Empire was a powerful pre-Islamic Iranian dynasty (224–651 CE) that ruled a vast realm stretching from the eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia and served as a major rival to the Roman and Byzantine Empires.

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Statements (88)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian dynasty →
empire →
historical state →
administrativeLanguage Middle Persian language →
surface form: "Middle Persian"
alsoKnownAs Sasanian Empire →
surface form: "Sasanid Empire"

Sasanian Empire →
surface form: "Sassanian Empire"

Sasanian Empire →
surface form: "Sassanid Empire"
borderedBy Arabian tribes →
Byzantine Empire →
Gupta Empire →
Roman Empire →
capital Ctesiphon →
Gundeshapur →
Istakhr →
Ctesiphon →
surface form: "Seleucia-Ctesiphon"
chronologicalPosition last pre-Islamic Persian empire →
commonLanguage Bactrian →
Middle Persian language →
surface form: "Middle Persian"

Parthian language →
surface form: "Parthian"

Sogdian language →
surface form: "Sogdian"

Syriac →
continent Asia →
conventionalLongName Sasanian Empire →
country Iran →
culturalInfluence Persian architecture →
Persian art →
Persian coinage →
court ceremonial of later Islamic empires →
currency silver drahm →
dynasty Sasanian Empire →
surface form: "Sasanian dynasty"
economicActivity Silk Road trade →
agriculture →
textile production →
endDate 651 →
endEvent Muslim conquest of Persia →
era Late Antiquity →
ethnicComposition Iranian peoples →
Semitic peoples →
various Central Asian peoples →
firstRuler Ardashir I →
followedBy Islamic Caliphates →
surface form: "Islamic Caliphate"

Rashidun Caliphate →
founder Ardashir I →
governmentType absolute monarchy →
hereditary monarchy →
lastRuler Yazdegerd III →
legalStatusOfReligion Zoroastrianism as privileged religion →
legalSystem Zoroastrian religious law →
militaryConflict Roman–Persian Wars →
surface form: "Byzantine–Sasanian Wars"

Roman–Persian Wars →
surface form: "Roman–Sasanian Wars"
namedAfter Sasanian Empire →
surface form: "House of Sasan"
notableBattle Battle of Ctesiphon (363) →
Battle of Dara (530) →
Battle of Edessa (260) →
Battle of Nineveh (627) →
notableCity Gundeshapur →
Istakhr →
Merv →
Nishapur →
Ray →
notableRuler Khosrow I →
Khosrow II →
Shapur I →
Shapur II →
notableStructure Palace of Ardashir →
Taq Kasra →
officialLanguage Middle Persian language →
surface form: "Middle Persian"
precededBy Parthian Empire →
region Greater Iran →
religion Buddhism →
Christianity →
Judaism →
Manichaeism →
Zoroastrianism →
religiousCenter Ctesiphon →
rival Byzantine Empire →
Hephthalite Empire →
Kingdom of Armenia →
Roman Empire →
scriptUsed Pahlavi script →
startDate 224 →
startEvent defeat of the last Parthian king Artabanus IV →
stateReligion Zoroastrianism →
territory Iranian plateau →
surface form: "Iranian Plateau"

Mesopotamia →
parts of Central Asia →
parts of the Arabian Peninsula →
parts of the Caucasus →
Referenced by (52)

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

Justinianic Plague → affectedEntity → Sasanian Empire →
Sasanian Empire → alsoKnownAs → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "Sassanid Empire"
Sasanian Empire → alsoKnownAs → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "Sassanian Empire"
Sasanian Empire → alsoKnownAs → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "Sasanid Empire"
Persians → associatedEmpire → Sasanian Empire →
Heraclius → associatedWith → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "Sassanian Empire"
Persian → associatedWithEmpire → Sasanian Empire →
Aphrahat → birthPlace → Sasanian Empire →
Emperor Gordian III → campaignAgainst → Sasanian Empire →
subject surface form: "Gordian III"
Susa → capitalOf → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "Sasanian Empire (regional)"
Roman–Persian Wars → conflictBetween → Sasanian Empire →
Constantius II → conflictWith → Sasanian Empire →
Heraclian dynasty → conflictWith → Sasanian Empire →
Antioch → conqueredBy → Sasanian Empire →
Susa → controlledBy → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "Sasanians"
Sasanian Empire → conventionalLongName → Sasanian Empire →
Merv → countryAtTimeOfPeak → Sasanian Empire →
Hatra → destroyedBy → Sasanian Empire →
Sasanian Empire → dynasty → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "Sasanian dynasty"
Rayy → earlierPolity → Sasanian Empire →
Nishapur → earlierSettlement → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "Sasanian period"
Iberia (ancient kingdom) → existedDuring → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "Sasanian period"
Kushan Empire → followedBy → Sasanian Empire →
Parthian Empire → followedBy → Sasanian Empire →
Derbent → fortificationsBuiltBy → Sasanian Empire →
Amoraic period → hasMainLocation → Sasanian Empire →
Late Antiquity → hasMajorRegion → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "Sassanian Empire"
Zoroastrianism → historicalCenter → Sasanian Empire →
Persian → historicalDynasty → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "Sasanian dynasty"
Khorasan → historicalEra → Sasanian Empire →
Yazd → historicalPeriod → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "Sassanian Empire"
Persian Jews → historicalPresenceInEmpire → Sasanian Empire →
Derbent → historicalRegion → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "Sasanian Empire frontier"
Greater Iran → historicallyLinkedTo → Sasanian Empire →
Sura → locatedIn → Sasanian Empire →
Roman–Persian Wars → mainBelligerent → Sasanian Empire →
Sasanian Empire → namedAfter → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "House of Sasan"
Roman–Persian Wars → opponentOf → Sasanian Empire →
Justinianic reconquests → participant → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "Sassanian Empire"
Susa → periodOfFlourishing → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "Sasanian period"
Manichaeism → placeOfOrigin → Sasanian Empire →
Ranikot Fort → possibleConstructionEra → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "Sassanian period"
Manichaeism → practicedIn → Sasanian Empire →
Justinianic Plague → spreadTo → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "Persian Empire"
Rayy → timePeriod → Sasanian Empire →
this entity surface form: "Sasanian period"
Kingdom of Iberia → underInfluenceOf → Sasanian Empire →
Alexandria in Arachosia → underRuleOf → Sasanian Empire →
Shahanshah of Persia → usedInDynasty → Sasanian Empire →
Iranian plateau → wasCoreRegionOf → Sasanian Empire →
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