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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Siege of Antioch (540) belligerent Sasanian Empire
Siege of Antioch (540) attacker Sasanian Empire
Battle of Edessa (260) belligerent Sasanian Empire
Battle of Edessa (260) opponent Sasanian Empire
Battle of Edessa (260) sideSasanian Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian Empire under Shapur I
Battle of Nineveh (627) conflictBetween Sasanian Empire
Battle of Nineveh (627) belligerent Sasanian Empire
Battle of Nineveh (627) decisiveAgainst Sasanian Empire
Battle of Nineveh (627) commandedBySide Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian Empire – Rhazates
Battle of Nineveh (627) involvedReligion Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Zoroastrian Sasanian Empire
Silk Road cultural sphere flourishedUnder Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sassanian Empire
Shahrbanu (according to some traditions) associatedWithDynasty Sasanian Empire
subject surface form: Shahrbanu
Ancient Merv flourishedInPeriod Sasanian Empire
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic region Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian Babylonia
Ravina activeIn Sasanian Empire
Abba Arika (Rav) country Sasanian Empire
subject surface form: Abba Arika
Sura academy locatedIn Sasanian Empire
subject surface form: Sura Academy
Pumbedita academy locatedIn Sasanian Empire
Sasanian architecture partOf Sasanian Empire
Rav Ashi placeOfActivity Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian Babylonia
Savoraim geographicLocation Sasanian Empire
exilarchate (Resh Galuta) underImperialRegimes Sasanian Empire
subject surface form: exilarchate
exilarchate (Resh Galuta) recognizedBy Sasanian Empire
subject surface form: exilarchate
this entity surface form: Sasanian authorities
Arran underRuleOf Sasanian Empire
Armenia Minor frontierBetween Sasanian Empire
Shushan timePeriod Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian period
Persian monarchy influenced Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian monarchy
Persian monarchy hasPart Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian dynasty
Persian architecture developedInPeriod Sasanian Empire
Susiana partOf Sasanian Empire
Tabaristan timePeriod Sasanian Empire
Tabaristan ruledBy Sasanian Empire
Arbela historicalPeriod Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian period
Sistan historicalInhabitants Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanians
King of Kings associatedWith Sasanian Empire
Justinianic Wars belligerent Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sassanian Empire
Sulaymaniyah Museum hasCollectionFromPeriod Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian period
Amida locatedIn Sasanian Empire
Amida conqueredBy Sasanian Empire
Queen of Persia dynastyContext Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian dynasty
Arsacid dynasty of Armenia alliedWith Sasanian Empire
Hephthalite Empire neighbor Sasanian Empire
Hephthalite Empire successor Sasanian Empire
Hephthalite Empire defeatedBy Sasanian Empire
Iranian dynasties hasPart Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian dynasty