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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All labels observed (30)

Label	Occurrences
Sasanian Empire canonical	161
Sasanian dynasty	22
Sasanian period	20
Sassanian Empire	14
Sasanian Persia	3
Sasanian Persians	3
Sasanian Babylonia	2
Sasanians	2
Sassanian period	2
Sassanid Empire	2
House of Sasan	1
Persian Empire	1
Persian Empires	1
Persian Sasanian Empire	1
Sasanian	1
Sasanian Empire (as king title ancestor)	1
Sasanian Empire (region of Pars)	1
Sasanian Empire (regional)	1
Sasanian Empire frontier	1
Sasanian Empire under Shapur I	1
Sasanian Empire – Rhazates	1
Sasanian Iran	1
Sasanian Mesopotamia	1
Sasanian authorities	1
Sasanian monarchy	1
Sasanid Empire	1
Sassanian Empire (during the 626 campaign)	1
Sassanian Empire era	1
Sassanid era	1
Zoroastrian Sasanian Empire	1

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 self-link ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
culturalInfluence	Persian architecture ⓘ Persian art ⓘ Persian coinage ⓘ court ceremonial of later Islamic empires ⓘ
currency	silver drahm ⓘ
dynasty	Sasanian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ 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 (251)

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

Persian Jews → historicalPresenceInEmpire → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Late Antiquity → hasMajorRegion → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sassanian Empire

Greater Iran → historicallyLinkedTo → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Persians → associatedEmpire → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Southwestern Iranian languages → historicalCenter → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Derbent → historicalRegion → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sasanian Empire frontier

Derbent → fortificationsBuiltBy → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Antioch → conqueredBy → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Hatra → destroyedBy → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Department of Near Eastern Antiquities → focusesOn → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Aphrahat → birthPlace → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Constantius II → conflictWith → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Roman–Persian Wars → conflictBetween → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Roman–Persian Wars → mainBelligerent → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Roman–Persian Wars → opponentOf → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Kushan Empire → followedBy → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Nishapur → earlierSettlement → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sasanian period

Yazd → historicalPeriod → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sassanian Empire

Amoraic period → hasMainLocation → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Persian → associatedWithEmpire → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Persian → historicalDynasty → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sasanian dynasty

Iranian plateau → wasCoreRegionOf → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Khorasan → historicalEra → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Justinianic Plague → spreadTo → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian Empire

Justinianic Plague → affectedEntity → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Shahanshah of Persia → usedInDynasty → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Alexandria in Arachosia → underRuleOf → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Heraclian dynasty → conflictWith → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Ranikot Fort → possibleConstructionEra → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sassanian period

Sura → locatedIn → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Heraclius → associatedWith → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sassanian Empire

Parthian Empire → followedBy → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Sasanian Empire → conventionalLongName → Sasanian Empire self-link ⓘ

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

Sasanian Empire → namedAfter → Sasanian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Sasan

Sasanian Empire → dynasty → Sasanian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sasanian dynasty

Kingdom of Iberia → underInfluenceOf → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Emperor Gordian III → campaignAgainst → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Gordian III

Zoroastrianism → historicalCenter → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Justinianic reconquests → participant → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sassanian Empire

Merv → countryAtTimeOfPeak → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Iberia (ancient kingdom) → existedDuring → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sasanian period

Iberia (ancient kingdom) → vassalOrClientStateOf → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Manichaeism → placeOfOrigin → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Manichaeism → practicedIn → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

Susa → capitalOf → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sasanian Empire (regional)

Susa → periodOfFlourishing → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sasanian period

Susa → controlledBy → Sasanian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sasanians