Sassanid Empire Decline

The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty is the name used for the Persian dynasty that lasted from 224 to 651 AD. The Sassanid Empire, which succeeded...

Roman Empire continued to control what is now Egypt, Greece, Palestine, Syria and Turkey. However, another empire, known as the Persian or the Sassanid Empire...

conquests brought about the collapse of the Sassanid Empire and a great territorial loss for the Byzantine Empire. Though spectacular, the Arab successes...

led to the decline of the Byzantine and Sassanid empires, paving the way for the spread of Islam and the establishment of a vast Muslim empire. The military...

Islamic conquest of Persia (637-651) led to the end of the Sassanid Empire and the eventual decline of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia. However, the achievements...

Danube to the Euphrates. There his first campaign ended in a defeat by the Sassanid prince Narses, near Callinicum. This disaster caused the loss of Mesopotamia...

parts of Southern Italy, and Sicily. In the east, the empire was threatened by the Sassanid Empire. After the fall of Western Rome, the Germanic tribes...

conditions led to a substantial decline in the population of the Armenian highlands; 300,000 Armenians left the empire, and others moved to towns. Some...

dated to the 7th–8th centuries, and probably come from the end of the Sassanid Empire just before the Arabic conquest. They are representational, meaning...

Pish-e Kuh (1795–1820) Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest...

evidence of chess is found in three romances (epic stories) written in Sassanid Persia around 600AD. The game was known as chatrang or shatranj. When Persia...

embassy to the Sassanid Shahanshah of Persia, Narseh, to congratulate him on his victory against Bahram III. During the time of the Gupta Empire, the Indian...