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 Persia’s powerful Sassanid dynasty.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 9, 2015
The Byzantine and Sassanid empires had been in conflict for a long period of time and were exhausted militarily.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
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
In the ruins which are acknowledged to be those of the palaces built by the Parthian and Sassanid monarchs, the upper structures are still in existence, and in a more or less well preserved condition.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir
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