Sasanian Empire
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The Sassanid Persian Empire (also spelled Sasanid Empire, Sassanian Empire, or Sasanian Empire), known to its inhabitants as Ērānshahr and Ērān in Middle Persian and resulting in the New Persian terms Iranshahr and Iran, was the last pre-Islamic Persian Empire, ruled by the Sasanian Dynasty from AD 224 to AD 651.
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See also
- List of notable Persian figures in the Sassanid era
- Aniran
- Sasanian Family Tree (Family Tree of Sasanian Kings)
- List of kings of Persia
- Sassanid music
- Persian-Sassanid art patterns
- Academy of Gundishapur
- Pahlavi literature
- Pre-Islamic scripts in Afghanistan
- Sassanid army
- Derafsh Kaviani
- Zoroastrian calendar
- Pahlavi Crown
- Firouzabad
- Takht-i-Suleiman (A good showcase of Sassanid architecture and city developing)
- Palace of Ardashir
- Shahryar (The fictional Sassanid king from 1001 Nights)
- Shahnameh
- Sassanid church
- Catholicoses/Maphryonos of the East
- History of Silk
- Samanids
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