Fall of The Sassanid Empire

Fall Of The Sassanid Empire

The Sassanid era is one of the most influential periods in Iran's (Persia) history. It also marks the second rise of a great Persian empire, a dynasty that rivaled its predecessor, the Achaemenids who too, like the Sassanids were native to the province of Pars, and in some instances the Parthians, in glory and power. Although it was at war with the Roman Empire for centuries during the Roman-Persian Wars, the Sassanid Empire met its demise this time not by the Byzantine-Roman Empire, but by emerging Arab Muslims from its southern borders.

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