Sassanid Persia

Wednesday, 16 October 2024

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Dromedarii soldiers: Delving into camel-riders in Eastern Roman Empire

The Jordan Times 13 May 2024

... played a significant role in the war efforts against Parthian and Sassanid states ... archers, cavalry, cataphracts, phalangical infantry formation) only seem a response to Parthia and Sassanid Persia.

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Connectivity revives ancient Silk Road in China's Gansu Province

China.dot.org 02 Apr 2024

In museums, artifacts on display include not only silk from China but also artifacts from India, brocades from Persia, glassware from Rome, as well as currency from the Eastern Roman Empire and Sassanid Persia.

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Feature: Connectivity revives ancient Silk Road in China's Gansu Province

China.dot.org 01 Apr 2024

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Pak-Iran relations

Dawn 14 Jan 2024

The people of Iran, called Persia until 1935, are deeply proud of their history, culture and language ... The Sassanid empire ruled Persia for nearly nine centuries from 224 BCE to 651 CE ... Since 1979, Iran is an Islamic Republic ... .

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On this day in history, November 27

Independent online (SA) 27 Nov 2023

What happened on this day, back in the day ... This sparks a 26-year war with Sassanid Persia which leaves both empires vullnerable to a Muslim invasion ... 1701 Anders Celsius is born in Sweden ... 1960 Patrice Lumumba flees Leopoldville, Congo.

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Archaeologists discover traces of ancient Jalula

Heritage Daily 22 Nov 2023

After capturing Jalula, the Caliph forces pressed onto Tikrit and Mosul, and ultimately the conquest of Persia that resulted in the collapse of the Sassanid Empire.

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Why the ‘Land of Fire’ brims with formidable castles and fortresses

CNN 20 Nov 2023

Chirag Gala These fortified fragments of a tower and wall in the northeastern Shabran region are from the oldest castle on this list – supposedly dating back to the sixth century and the era of Sassanid Persia.

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The Oud book review: Extensively researched history with musical appeal

The National 06 Nov 2023

... to the ancient Akkadian empire, Egypt, Central Asia and Persia ... But it was under the pre-Islamic Sassanid empire that the first written records of the oud, known in Persia as the barbat, can be found.

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‘A researcher exists in Dr Salahuddin who never leaves him alone’

The News International 29 May 2023

ENT surgeon Dr Iftikhar Salahuddin’s third book, titled ‘Persia ... The book narrates how the tumultuous history of Persia witnessed the collapse of Hellenism, the rise of Parthians and the zenith of Zoroastrianism during the Sassanid rule.

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Unseen Armenia: Surb Hakob – Akori to Kolotak, Artsakh

Asbarez 17 May 2023

Following the death of Byzantine Emperor Constantine in 337, the Persian Sassanid King Shapur II saw an opportunity to recapture territory Persia had previously lost to Rome.

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Iran-China Strategic Partnership

Dissident Voice 19 Feb 2023

(Photo by Reuters) ... Eurasia integration ... Raeisi could have been talking about Sassanid Persia, whose empire ranged from Mesopotamia to Central Asia, and was the great intermediary Silk Road trading power for centuries between China and Europe ... .

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Iran-China Strategic Partnership: The Big Picture, by Pepe Escobar

The Unz Review 16 Feb 2023

Eurasia integration ... Raeisi could have been talking about Sassanid Persia, whose empire ranged from Mesopotamia to Central Asia, and was the great intermediary Silk Road trading power for centuries between China and Europe ... China, Russia and Iran ... ....

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HOW THE INDUS VALLEY FED ISLAM’S GOLDEN AGE

Dawn 15 Jan 2023

The conquest of the formerly Byzantine Levant and Sassanid Persia introduced the nascent Muslim world to great new spheres of intellectual progress ... roads, means of trade and transportation in Persia.

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Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on Nov 13

Irna 13 Nov 2022

a royal residence of Sassanid kings. The ancient city of Istakhr, which embraces many magnificent palaces, fortifications, and temples, was once a royal residence of the Sassanid kings of Persia and is located near Persepolis, southern Iran.

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Death By A Thousand Cuts: Where Is The West’s Ukraine Strategy? by Pepe Escobar

Earth Newspaper 18 May 2022

Sixth century Byzantium really needed a manual, threatened as it was from the east, successively by Sassanid Persia, Arabs and Turks, and from the north, by waves of steppe invaders, Huns, Avars, Bulgars, semi-nomadic Turkic Pechenegs and Magyars.