Template:Sassanid Empire infobox
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 Sassanid Empire under Khosrau II in 620 |
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| Dark green: Traditional borders. Medium green: Contested territory. Light green: Territory annexed in the east, or occupied during a war with the Byzantines in the Seventh Century. |
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| Vexilloid | The vexilloid of the Sassanid Empire was called the Derafsh Kavian. It portrayed a yellow sun wheel on a field of purple with a red border. [2] |
| Official languages | Middle Persian |
| Capitals | Ctesiphon, in the early years of the empire Ardashir-Khwarrah |
| Government | Monarchy |
| Head of state | Shahanshah (شاهنشاه) |
| Deliberative Body | Council of Ministers |
| Establishment | 226 |
| Dissolution | Arab invasion during the Muslim conquests and death of Yazdegerd III in Merv on 651. |
| First emperor | Ardashir I (226-241) |
| Last Emperor | Yazdegerd III (632-651) |
| Preceding state | Parthian Empire |
| Succeeding states | Caliphate |
| Area | 3.5 million km²[4] (under Khosrau II in 550) |
| Currency | Drachma |
References
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- ^ a b Mackenzie, David Neil (2005) (in Persian). A Concise Pahalvi Dictionary. Trans. by Mahshid Mirfakhraie. Tehrān: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies. pp. page 341. ISBN 964-426-076-7.
- ^ Vexilloid of Sassanid Persia (The Derafsh Kavian):
- ^ Source of image of Vexilloid of Sassanid Persia:
- ^ Turchin, Peter; Jonathan M. Adams, and Thomas D. Hall (November 2004). "East-West Orientation of Historical Empires". http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/people/turchin/PDF/Latitude.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
