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The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty (Persian: ساسانیان [sɒsɒnijɒn]) is the name used for the third Iranian dynasty and the second [1] Persian empire.
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The Sassanids established an empire roughly within the frontiers achieved by the Khosro I (531-579 CE), also known as Anushirvan the Just, is the most celebrated of the Sassanid rulers. He reformed the tax system and reorganized the army and the bureaucracy,
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Encyclopedia: Sassanid Empire
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The Persian Empire (Persian: شاهنشاهی ایران - Shahanshahi-e Iran) was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland, and beyond in Western Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus.
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The Early Years of Sassanid Empire and Religious Turmoil in Persia During the war between Marcus Aurelius and the...
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About 224 CE, the Parthian governor of the province of Fars (which still exists as a province in present-day Iran), brought down the central government in Ctesiphon and established the Sassanid Empire, taking the throne as Ardashir I. For this reason the Sassanid Empire is important to our understanding of Islamic history,
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The Silk Road and major territories, from Constantinople and Egypt to the Indus River, with the Sassanid Empire shaded.
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6. Relief from Naqsh-i Rustam. Ahura Mazda, on the right, holding the barsam of priesthood, offers the diadem and jpgt of kingship to Ardashir I (224-241), the founder of the Sassanid Empire.
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Coin of Ardašir I (©!!) At that moment, Persia was a vassal of the Parthian empire, but Pâpak's son Ardašir I, who succeeded his father, did not behave himself as was expected from a vassal. When the Roman empire, the arch-enemy of the Sasanian empire, had become Christian, the persecution of the Christians increased;
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The Parthians were replaced (c.A.D. 226) by the more vigorous Sassanid dynasty, when Ardashir I (whose name is another form of Artaxerxes) ousted and killed the last Parthian ruler and built a new empire out of the ruins of Parthian and Seleucid power.
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