These Christians belonged to the Church of the East, an ancient church that arose in the Sasanian Empire. The Christian ... poetry, and fashion. The capital city of Cnang’an became the residence ...

While the Sasanian empire coexisted alongside the Byzantine empire and was of equal importance and grandeur, it is not as widely studied or recognized. While the Sasanians inherited a land divided ...

Scientists examined ruins from the Sasanian Empire, which lasted from A.D. 224 to 651 and constituted the last imperial dynasty in Persia — what is now Iran. It was the most powerful political ...

The Muslim conquest of Persia, also known as the Arab conquest of Iran, led to the fall of the Sasanian Empire of Iran (Persia) in ca. 651 and the eventual decline of the Zoroastrian religion. The ...

Coin-striking remained a royal prerogative throughout Sasanian history, with a consistent typology employed across the empire, indicating central control over the mints. Initially, coin dies were ...