Sassanid
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Origin of Sassanid
1770–80; Sassan grandfather of first king of dynasty + -id 1
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Named a World Heritage site in 2015, it was “an important center of the Roman, Sassanid, Byzantine, Islamic and Ottoman periods,” she added.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2023
The ancient city of Hatra fended off two Roman emperors and repulsed a ruler of Persia’s powerful Sassanid dynasty.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 10, 2015
Another reason for Muslim success was the persecution suffered by people under Byzantine or Sassanid rule because they did not support the official state religions, Christianity or Zoroastrianism.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
The Byzantine and Sassanid empires had been in conflict for a long period of time and were exhausted militarily.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Most of Asia Minor was held against the Sassanid Persians.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
It rose to renewed life with the empire of the Arsacids and Sassanids.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
Two of them apparently represent the speech of south-western Persia under the Sassanids, and of north-western Persia under the Arsacids.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
Mordtmann has shown on the coins of the Arsacids and Sassanids the stages between the older forms and the language of Firdusi; "Z. D. M. G."
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
If the royal court of the Sassanids was arranged after that of the Achæmenids, the attire of the king was even more extravagant.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max
Under the Sassanids exposure was strictly observed both in the East and West, as is clear from the account of Agathias already quoted, and all the statements which relate to this later period.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
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