Sasanian Empire

The Sasanian Empire (/səˈsɑːnɪən/ or /səˈseɪnɪən/; cried Sassanian, Sasanid, or Sassanid an aa) or Neo-Persian Empire,^[9] kent tae its indwallers as Ērānshahr^[1] an Ērān in Middle Persie an resultin in the New Persie terms Iranshahr an Iran,^[10] wis the last Iranian empire afore the rise o Islam, ruled bi the Sasanian dynasty frae 224 CE tae 651 CE.^[2][11] The Sassanid Empire, which succeedit the Parthian Empire, wis recognised as ane o the main pouers in Wastren an Central Asie, alangside the Roman–Byzantine Empire, for a period o mair nor 400 year.^[12]

Sasanian Empire Ērānshahr[1][2]
224–651
Derafsh Kaviani Simurgh
The Sasanian Empire at its greatest extent, unner Khosrau II
Caipital	Estakhr (224–226)[3] Ctesiphon (226–637)
Common leids	Middle Persie[4] Middle Aramaic[5]
Releegion	Zoroastrianism, ( Babylonian, Manichaeism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Mandaeism, Judaism an aa)
Govrenment	Feudal Monarchy[6]
Shahanshah
• 224–241	Ardashir I (first)
• 632–651	Yazdegerd III (last)
Historical era	Late Antiquity
• Battle o Hormozdgān	28 April 224
• Roman–Persie War	602–628
• Ceevil war[7]	628-632
• Muslim conquest	633–651
• Empire collapses	651
Aurie
621	6,600,000 km2 (2,500,000 sq mi)
Precedit bi Succeedit bi Parthian Empire Indo-Scythians Kushan Empire Kinrick o Armenie (antiquity) Lakhmids Rashidun Caliphate Dabuyid dynasty Masmughans o Damavand Bavand dynasty
The day pairt o	Abkhazie  Afghanistan  Armenie  Azerbaijan  Bahrain[8]  Dagestan  Egyp  Georgie  Iran  Iraq  Indie  Israel  Palestine  Jordan  Kazakhstan  Kuwait  Kyrgyzstan  Lebanon  Libie  Nagorno-Karabakh  Oman  Pakistan State o Palestine  Qatar  Saudi Arabie  Sooth Ossetie  Sirie  Tajikistan  Turkey  Turkmenistan  UAE  Uzbekistan  Yemen