The Climatic Resilience of the Sasanian Empire. [PDF]
Abstract The Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE) has been given relatively little attention in research on climate-society interactions when compared to the neighboring Byzantine Empire, despite evidence of changing conditions and an agricultural economy that is theoretically vulnerable to droughts due to low annual precipitation.
Jacobson MJ, Gascoigne AL, Fleitmann D.
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Sasanians in China and Japan [PDF]
The defeat of Sasanian in Nahavand led Yazgird III (632_651A.D), the last sovereign of this dynasty, to take refuge in the eastern territories of Iran. He made alliance with Iranian aristocrats to restore the control of his lost lands, however he did not
Hamidreza Pashazanous, Ehsan Afkandeh
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An Analysis of Manichaeism as the First Ideological Challenge During the Sasanian Dynasty [PDF]
With the establishment of the Sasanian empire, Ardashir became the heir to the feudal and lenient legacy of the Parthians. He sought to establish political and religious centralism under his reign.
Azim Shahbakhsh
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The significance and function of prosopography in the studies of Sasanian history (from Ardashir Babakan to the end of the reign of Shapur Zul-Aktaf [PDF]
Although historians have traditionally considered individuals' background or roles in historical studies, a comprehensive and subject-based group identification of historical figures is rarely seen.
Vida Movaffaghi, Roozbeh Zarrinkoob
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A Comparative Study of the narrations of Last Sasanian Kings in Jiu Tangshu and Xin Tangshu [PDF]
Introduction One of the most detailed narrations about the Sasanians in Chinese texts is the reports of Jiu Tangshu and Xin Tangshua on the Last Sasanian Kings.
Hamidreza Pashazanous
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Sasanians at the court of the Liang dynasty (502 - 557 AD) [PDF]
In the first half of the sixth century AD, northern China was riven by internal conflict, and in the south, there was a period of peace. The Liang dynasty ruled large parts of southern China from 502 to 557, and their capital hosted foreign monks and ...
Hamidreza Pashazanous
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The role of Procopius's secret letter in the defeat of Shahpour II's campaign against Syria in 953 AD [PDF]
:As Shahpour II (379-309 AD) came to power, the Roman-Sasanian conflicts entered a new phase. The policy of Shahpour II during this period was to gain access to the rich cities of Syria.
Ahmad Alhawwat +2 more
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Armenia and the Land of the Mazkut‘ (3rd–5th Centuries AD): Written Sources and Archaeological Data
Since the early 4th century, ancient Armenian authors (P‘awstos Buzand, Movsēs Xorenac‘i, Agat‘angełos, Movsēs Dasxuranc‘i, the Ašxarac‘oyc) begin to mention the Land of the Mazk‘ut‘ (Arm. ašharh Mazk‘t‘acʻ), located in the East Caucasus.
Murtazali S. Gadjiev
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A TYRANT ON THE THRONE: PHOCAS THE USURPER, AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE EASTERN FRONTIER; pp. 201–213 [PDF]
The ambitious and expansionist western-directed policy of Emperor Justinian left his successors with an empty state treasury, a grim financial picture, and hard-to-defend areas against the barbarians in places such as Italy, Carthage and even southern ...
Süha Konuk
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The political, religious and economic position of the Mehrnarseh family in the Sassanid government [PDF]
At the beginning of the third century AD, the Sasanians arose from the province of Pars, the birthplace of the Achaemenids, and established a government in which the Zoroastrian clergy and Nejadeh families had a special position. In the Sasanian history,
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