Sasanian Empire

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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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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

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Khalid ibn al-Walid foughtAgainst Sasanian Empire
Khuzestan wasPartOf Sasanian Empire
Eastern Aramaic historicalRegion Sasanian Empire
Manichaean script placeOfOrigin Sasanian Empire
Tiridates III of Armenia opposedBy Sasanian Empire
Near Eastern art hasTimePeriod Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian period
Muslim conquest of Persia conflictWith Sasanian Empire
Muslim conquest of Persia location Sasanian Empire
Muslim conquest of Persia belligerent Sasanian Empire
Upper Mesopotamia historicallyRuledBy Sasanian Empire
Sophene laterControlledBy Sasanian Empire
Early Muslim conquests opponent Sasanian Empire
Eastern Roman provinces borderedBy Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sassanian Empire
Sassanian Armenia partOf Sasanian Empire
Sassanian Armenia country Sasanian Empire
Sassanian Armenia rulingDynasty Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian dynasty
Egrisi contestedBy Sasanian Empire
Dvin partOf Sasanian Empire
Kermanshah historicalPeriod Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sassanid era
Battle of Qadisiyyah locatedIn Sasanian Empire
Battle of Qadisiyyah belligerent Sasanian Empire
Battle of Qadisiyyah opponentDynasty Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian dynasty
Sijistan historicalPeriod Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian period
Sassanian drahm usedBy Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sassanian Empire
Sassanian drahm circulatedDuring Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sassanian period
Battle of Nahavand belligerent Sasanian Empire
Odaenathus opponent Sasanian Empire
Takht-e Soleyman culture Sasanian Empire
Takht-e Soleyman periodOfConstruction Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian period
Takht-e Soleyman associatedWithDynasty Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian dynasty
eastern Iran historicallyPartOf Sasanian Empire
subject surface form: Eastern Iran
Transoxiana historicalPeriod Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sassanian Empire era
The Persian Sage geographicalAssociation Sasanian Empire
Nisibis partOf Sasanian Empire
Nisibis controlledBy Sasanian Empire
Khwarezm wasPartOf Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sassanian Empire
Roman province of Osrhoene borderedBy Sasanian Empire
School of Nisibis associatedWith Sasanian Empire
Battle of Singara conflictBetween Sasanian Empire
Battle of Singara conflictBetween Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian Persians
Battle of Singara belligerent Sasanian Empire
Ray flourishedDuring Sasanian Empire
Fars Province historicallyCapitalOf Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian Empire (region of Pars)
Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas foughtAgainstEmpire Sasanian Empire
Anastasian War conflictBetween Sasanian Empire
Anastasian War conflictBetween Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian Persia
Anastasian War belligerent Sasanian Empire
Battle of Dara (530) belligerent Sasanian Empire