The Ten Thousand Immortals were the elite force of the Persian army of the Achaemenid Empire (c. https://www.worldhistory.org/Persian_Immortals/ #History #AchaemenidEmpire #PersianImmortals #PersianWarfare

Yazdegerd III (r. https://www.worldhistory.org/Yazdegerd_III/ #History #PersianWarfare #SasanianEmpire #Umar

Derbent (sometimes "Derbend" or "Darbend") is an ancient city located along the Caspian Sea in what is present-day Russia. https://www.worldhistory.org/Derbent/ #History #Derbent #PersianWarfare #SasanianEmpire

The Ten Thousand Immortals were the elite force of the Persian army of the Achaemenid Empire (c. https://www.worldhistory.org/Persian_Immortals/ #History #AchaemenidEmpire #PersianImmortals #PersianWarfare

Ancient Mesopotamian warfare progressed from companies of a city 's militia in Sumer to the professional standing armies of Akkad , Babylon , Assyria , and Persia and from conflicts over land or water rights to wars of conquest and political supremacy. https://www.worldhistory.org/Mesopotamian_Warfare/ #Sumer #PersianWarfare #AssyrianWarfare #History

Yazdegerd III (r. 632-651 CE) was the last monarch of the Sassanian Empire (224-651 CE), ruling – or attempting to rule – amidst the chaos of its final decline and fall to the invading Muslim Arabs. He was the son of the prince Shahriyar (d. 628 CE) and grandson of Kosrau II (r. 590-628 CE), the king whose wars with the Byzantine Empire so severely weakened the Sassanians that they had little s...https://www.worldhistory.org/Yazdegerd_III/ #PersianWarfare #SasanianEmpire #Umar