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The Parthian and Sasanian Empires

The Oxford World History of Empire, 2021
This chapter examines the development of the Arsacid (ca. 238 BCE–ca. 224 CE) and Sasanian (224–642 CE) empires of Iran. It investigates the establishment of a new Iranian empire under the Arsacid dynasty and the transformation of that loosely structured
M. Canepa
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The Rise of the Arsacids and a New Iranian Topography of Power

Iranian Expanse, 2018
Chapter 4 argues that the Arsacids, through their tenure as the Iranian world’s longest-lived dynasty, created foundational architectural and cultural forms that shaped Iranian kingship through the early modern period.
M. Canepa
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The Role and Place of the Middle Persian Language and Writing in Caucasian Albania

Восток Афро-Азиатские общества история и современность, 2021
A significant political influence of Sasanian Iran on Caucasian Albania gives reasons to consider the spread of the Middle Persian language and writing among the Albanian nobility and authorities.
M. Gadzhiev
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Jason M. Schlude and Benjamin B. Rubin, eds. Arsacids, Romans, and Local Elites: Cross-Cultural Interactions of the Parthian Empire (Oxford & Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, 2017, xvi and 158pp., b/w illustr., pbk, ISBN 978-1-78570-592-2)

European Journal of Archaeology, 2018
Animated Objects of Viking Age Scandinavia and Early Medieval Europe. Archaeological Dialogues, 24(1): 89–108. Meller, H., ed. 2004. Der Geschmiedete Himmel: Die Weite Welt im Herzen Europas vor 3600 Jahren.
Eve Macdonald
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Bahl Šahastan in the land of the K‘ušans: Medieval Armenian memories of Balkh as an Arsacid capital

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 2021
This paper explores the medieval Armenian understanding of the city of Balkh as a capital of the Arsacid Empire. Medieval Armenian sources employ four strategies of remembrance: scriptural geography, genealogy, folk etymology, and origin stories.
Alison Vacca
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Pre-Christian Polytheism in Ancient Armenia: A Syncretic World of Faith during the Orontids, Artaxiads and Arsacids

Cedrus
Pre-Christian Armenia’s religious landscape was a diverse blend of polytheistic beliefs shaped by its position at the crossroads of various civilizations. The Armenian pantheon and religious practices incorporated elements from Ancient Persia, Asia Minor,
İ. Ci̇nemre
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Marble columnar sarcophagi in the context of the Arsacids palace residence in Garni

ARAMAZD: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies
The palace complex of the Arsacids was opened in Garni in 1952-1953. About 70 pieces of marble lay on the floor of the second room in the southeastern half of the palace. The collection consists of pieces of two types.
H. Margaryan
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