The Parthians ruled from 247 BCE to 224 CE creating a vast empire that stretched from the Mediterranean in the west to India and China in the east. https://www.worldhistory.org/Parthia_(Empire)/ #History #AncientPersianArtandArchitecture #Ctesiphon #MarcusLiciniusCrassus

The Sasanian Empire (224-651 CE, also given as Sassanian, Sasanid or Sassanid) was the last pre-Islamic Persian empire, established in 224 CE by Ardeshir I, son of Papak, descendant of Sasan. https://www.worldhistory.org/Sasanian_Empire/ #History #AhuraMazda #AncientPersianArtandArchitecture #ArdashirI

Ancient Persian Culture flourished between the reign of Cyrus II (The Great, r. https://www.worldhistory.org/Ancient_Persian_Culture/ #History #AchaemenidEmpire #AncientPersianArtandArchitecture #AncientPersianCulture

Ancient Persian Culture flourished between the reign of Cyrus II (The Great, r. https://www.worldhistory.org/Ancient_Persian_Culture/ #History #AchaemenidEmpire #AncientPersianArtandArchitecture #AncientPersianCulture

East of the Zagros Mountains, a high plateau stretches off towards India.https://www.worldhistory.org/Achaemenid_Empire/ #AchaemenidEmpire #AhuraMazda #AncientPersianArtandArchitecture #History

The Sassanian Empire (224-651 CE) was the greatest expression of Persian culture in the ancient world. It was consciously modeled on the earlier Achaemenid Empire (c. 550-330 BCE) which established Persian supremacy in the region and developed innovations in government, agriculture, ancient Persian art and architecture, and religion.
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The Sassanian Empire (224-651 CE) was the greatest expression of Persian culture in the ancient world. It was consciously modeled on the earlier Achaemenid Empire (c. 550-330 BCE) which established Persian supremacy in the region and developed innovations in government, agriculture, ancient Persian art and architecture, and religion.
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1515/sassanian-kings-list--commentary/ #AncientPersianArtandArchitecture #AncientPersianCulture #AncientPersianReligion