Sassanid
[sæsәnid]
Definition
n. one of the Sassanid? the dynasty which ruled Persia from 218 A.D. to 639.—adj. Sassā′nian.
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Examples
- This new Sassanid Empire immediately became aggressive, and under Sapor I, the son and successor of Ardashir, took Antioch. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And a word or so is due to religious developments in the Persian community during the Sassanid period. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mansur, the successor of Abul Abbas, built himself a new capital at Bagdad near the ruins of Ctesiphon, the former Sassanid capital. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With Chosroes I (531-579) came a last period of Sassanid vigour. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Turks and Persians as well as Arabs became Emirs, and the army was reorganized upon Sassanid lines. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Clearly the old traditions of Sassanid Persia and of Persia before the Greeks were returning to the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In A.D. 242, at the accession of Sapor I, the second Sassanid monarch, he began his teaching. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Moreover, a great and exhausting struggle began with the Sassanid Empire in Persia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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