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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Iranian dynasties notableEmpireFormed Sasanian Empire
Shah usedInHistoricalEmpire Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian Empire (as king title ancestor)
Dura-Europos destroyedBy Sasanian Empire
Taq Kasra historicalEra Sasanian Empire
Taq Kasra associatedWithDynasty Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian dynasty
Palace of Ardashir associatedDynasty Sasanian Empire
Palace of Ardashir historicalEra Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian period
Carus opponent Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sassanid Empire
Khosrow II dynasty Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian dynasty
Khosrow II countryRuled Sasanian Empire
Abba Arikha countryOfActivity Sasanian Empire
Yeshivat Sura locatedIn Sasanian Empire
Gundeshapur country Sasanian Empire
Gundeshapur foundingDynasty Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian dynasty
Gundeshapur partOf Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian Mesopotamia
Ardashir I countryRuled Sasanian Empire
Ardashir I founded Sasanian Empire
Ardashir I dynasty Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian dynasty
Persian art hasHistoricalPeriod Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian period
Persian art associatedWithDynasty Sasanian Empire
Yazdegerd III countryRuled Sasanian Empire
Yazdegerd III dynasty Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian dynasty
Battle of Ctesiphon (363) conflict Sasanian Empire
Battle of Ctesiphon (363) belligerent Sasanian Empire
Khosrow and Shirin settingPeriod Sasanian Empire
Istakhr associatedWith Sasanian Empire
Istakhr associatedWith Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian dynasty
Istakhr flourishedInPeriod Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian period
Shapur II dynasty Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian dynasty
Shapur II country Sasanian Empire
Shapur II historicalPeriod Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian period
Jibal partOf Sasanian Empire
Sasanian Iberia partOf Sasanian Empire
Chosroid dynasty parentDynasty Sasanian Empire
Chosroid dynasty influencedBy Sasanian Empire
Mirian III of Iberia associatedWith Sasanian Empire
House of the Exilarchs country Sasanian Empire
Ancient Iran hasPart Sasanian Empire
Marv Dasht plain timePeriodOfContinuedUse Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian period
Erk Kala culture Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian
Marv governingEmpireHistorical Sasanian Empire
Avars alliedWith Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sassanian Empire (during the 626 campaign)
Guaramid dynasty conflictWith Sasanian Empire
Kyz Kala culturalContext Sasanian Empire
Battle of Resaena belligerent Sasanian Empire
Battle of Resaena belligerent Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian Persians
Shabuhragan associatedEmpire Sasanian Empire
Shabuhragan placeOfOrigin Sasanian Empire
this entity surface form: Sasanian Iran
Living Gospel placeOfOrigin Sasanian Empire
Psalms and Prayers regionOfUse Sasanian Empire