The history of the Middle East, every year. This part covers the period 513 BCE - 628 CE. Other periods will be covered in subsequent videos.
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@alexdelvecchio18794 years agoI like how rome and persia are duking it out for 700 years, and then the caliphate comes out of the middle of nowhere and that' s that. 1001
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@a.h.tvideomapping42934 years agoHim stopping at 628 (the rise of the rashidun caliphate) is the mapping equivalent of a scream being cut halfway through that scream. 464
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@Veriox224 years agoSomeone give this man a prize for the amount of effort he puts in his videos. Good job! 185
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@doesntmakeanysence2u4 years agoArmenia getting passed around like a village bicycle - 165
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@itsonlyeric85054 years agoSomebody please give this man a praise on how many effort and time he has spent into making videos like this one i especially love the history of asia video! 62
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@rojymmapping74564 years agoArmenian people: should we join with the romans or the persians? armenian ruler: yes. 175
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@sfogbobi3874 years agoAbsolutely loved the attention to details such as if a province is a client state or annexed, like the heroridan tetrarchy and thearmenia! 74
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@nazacro4 years agoGreat video ollie! The sheer amount of the diadochi is great to see portrayed accurately and i was surprised also by the amount of client states romans. ...Expand68
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@user-zz8ll5ry7r4 years agoI wonder what would have happened if armenia of tigranes ii and palmyra of zenobia had lasted more. They could have been realespecially as buffer states between 2 superpowers of that era. 67
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@turcanadian4 years agoNext one would be probably middle ages era. 105
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@elicref79894 years ago Persia: Why do I hear boss music? 216
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@papastalin15434 years ago2 countries ruling entire middle east. Man geography for kids was easy back then. 74
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@eyuin57164 years agoGreat video as always. Especially love the fact that you decided to use the native names of the empires. 77
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@topgears77754 years agoHellens and iranians been fighting eachother for arround 1300 years from about 720 century b. C. To 640 a. D. this long period of conflicts and exchanges medo-lydian (130 years) persian-greek (250 years) (120 years) parthian-rome (370 years) (430 years). ...Expand83
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@Storeenzo4 years agoArmenia: being belgium before it was cool. 54
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@GiuseppeSan4 months agoThe sheer amount of diligence that went into this is incredible, the most is absolutely amazing as well. Brilliant work.
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@awedelen19 months agoI like the colors used, the music is nice, and the legend information is interesting. 3
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@TahaWasiq4 years agoGreat job! I am eager to see the next. 12
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@realmless41933 years agoI' m surprised these masterpieces aren' at the top of your most popular lists yet. 4
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@wickedavatar47464 years agoI like how you show the name of evey kingdom even the northern arab kingdoms of nabatean and hatra and qedar and palmyra and elamais but not the southern ones. 17
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@tusharkolhe35714 years agoBro. I praise your effort on these videosresearch for each empire or land form and putting it on understandableit up. 1
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@novaburebista1804 years agoGreat video man! I enjoyed watching this. 1
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@Arshahan4 years agoArmenia neither the romans nor the persians ever could establish total control over armenia. We love both italians and persians. Armenia = where europe and asia clash. This is why armenians consider themselves both carriers of roman (european) and persian (middle eastern) heritage. ...Expand51
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@realmless41934 years agoSo, the persia-rome dynamic was about half of classical middle eastern history? Wow, that dynamic was freaking stable. 21
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@retf89774 years agoAmazing effort. As a middle eastern (egyptian) i am extremely amazed by the amount of research and work and effort put into this video. Can' t wait until the next period of middle eastern history is uploaded! Peace. 8
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@Scenariania4 years agoThe video: persians, then come theromans. then the caliphate begins. 29
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@philippebyrnes12134 years agoBrilliant idea. Love the execution although being able to slow it down 10x would be nice. Well done! 1
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@realmless41933 years agoThis series is the pique of mapping so far. 2
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@ArmanMartirosyan234 years agoArmenian kingdoms of greater armenia (or simply armenia) armenia minor, commagene, sophene and cilicia armenia at its greatest extent at < id="hidden11"a1: 40(in orange color) under king tigran the great. ...Expand58
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@-36964 years agoThanks for showing the tribes in arabia. 36
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@maps17564 years agoFinally! Just for us the fans! Thank you so much! 1
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@GrandMoffTarkinsTeaDispenser4 years agoTrajan: becomes emperor seleucids: why do i hear boss music? 6
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@dompedrito254 years agoDamn, armenia didn' t pass one year without being disputed between the persians and the romans. 8
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@marcustulliuscicero54434 years agoTop 10 saddest anime moments of all time7
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@deldarel4 years agoSo much care. Even the cities change over time! 5
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@aradsstates95844 years agoParthians had captured commagene after the antony campaign in 30 bce. 4
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@lightsoldier66934 years agoI love the way you write persian endonyms for dynasties and kings (parthava, eranshahr. 11
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@aradsstates95844 years agoRome(republic, empire and byzantine ) vs iran orand sassanians) when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. 3
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@aradsstates95844 years agoAs iranian i love the map in first place before alexander/in 247 bc(arsaces 1)/40 bc and 620 ce well done great job. 10
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@ousali13404 years agoCan somebody answer the following questions: many wars were fought in history(including civil wars and excluding revolutions) many revolutions were made in history many mythologies people used to believe in many philosophies are there many empires and kingdoms were there in history many famines were there in the world 7.a list of the real languages .....Expand6
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@miguelconti23044 years agoIncredible how romes sphere of influence reached so far. 12
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@kezsut-online4 years agoThank you for a very interesting and informative video, as usual! but. It seems in this video nothing much happens to jerusalem in 70 ad - no destruction, no renaming. 3
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@dodolulupepe4 years ago480 bc - only country on the map is the achaemenid empire (and the qedar vassal) 10
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@-36964 years agoWhere is the Kingdom of Kindah? 9
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@thesebastanian5673 years ago: Achaemenids just chilling after regaining their territories and then Alexander just swoops in and yeets everything out the window 1
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@Ellis3072 years agoNot as knowledgeable on elsewhere in the region but i would perhaps add the major bukoloi revolt in egypt in the late ad 160s-early ad 170s. Also the great judean revolt ad 66-73, the kitos war and the bar kochba war. 1
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@OverTheTop1123 years agoWhen rome join the server, everyone got kicked but parthia and sassanid don' t. 3
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@coe34083 years agoTwo times when the Jews were almost able to rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem: under emperor Julian the Apostate , and when for a short time the Sassanians took over the Levant .....Expand3
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@aradsstates95844 years agoThis magnificent video has 4 parts: Part1:Achaemenid Persian empire ruling the known world Part2:Alexander conquest and Alexanders successors ruling the known world. Part3:Parthian empire and Rome ruling the known world +birth of christianity and Armenia is all that important. Part4:Sassanid empire and Rome ruling the known world(religion is all that matters)and birth of Islam at the end. *Achaemenid,Parthian and Sassanid empires were Iranian empires. *about Median empire and Achaemenid empire (from Cyrus the great until Darius the great) as Iranian empires its on previous video about Ancient Middle East. Part1: - Part2: - Part3: - Part4: - .....Expand16
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@tuomoautio3734 years agoThe video is very clear and informative. The color scheme has been picked well, making this quite visually appealing video. I wonder if you will compile all the parts into one piece after publishing the last part. 9
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@rngverseoffical3 years agoEgyptian soldier: we are being invaded! pharaoh: oh no, anyways. egyptian soldier: pharaoh: they can' t keep us down forever. It' s never worked. egyptian soldier: ok. 10
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@user-sz9dj1pl9o4 years agoGreat video! I enjoyed it very much! It would be great if you also did a new history of the greeks video, including all of the mediterranean and black. ...Expand5
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@Undertaker57124 years agoShould say Darayavahus II instead of III starting at 5
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@aradsstates95844 years agoMithradates the great of parthia: i have become the king of kings. rome and all hellenistic states specially seleucids: damn we should goodbye to the alexander dreams forever. 4
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@wirelessbluestone59834 years agoAmazing video. Especially how it depicts the scale of the roman persian conflict. three mistakes though. Ptolemy i of egypt died in 282bc, pontus. ...Expand5
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@johnmars52824 years agoI wonder if irem of the pillars actually existed during the classical era, so many legends and hearsay about it, but little to no evidence. 1
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@hadihosseini19234 years agoxsaca= Iran biggest empire ever existed 8
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@ilect16907 months agoI love how the map cropping makes it look like the fall of rome never happened (which it didn' t ofc)
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@dodolulupepe4 years agoHey ollie bye, when are you going to release medieval middle east: every year? Also does it go to 1453? 1
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@OllieBye4 years agoThis is the second of a three-part Middle East series. Make sure to watch the first part if you missed it: 11
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@visionplant2 years agoWould be cool to see the provinces of rome as well. 2
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@justacrow98474 years agoThe start of the video is great; 200 years of peace in the middle east. It was never repeated after that. 1
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@theocraft01434 years agoI think the parthians had full control over csetisphon. 3
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@kenaujak4 years agoJesus was just born and now hes dead. 7
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@Kirby54134 years agoFun fact: roman emperor heraclius offered khosrou ii a treaty in 624 a. D. To end the war earlier that would' ve allowed the persians to keep all the shame it didn' t occur, in large part due to the pride of the persians and them not willing to accept a treaty favorable to them unless forced to do so. ...Expand10
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@j0nni2354 years agoI like how the video ends at the rashidunvery nice cliff hanger! Also, rashidun caliphate was the greatest caliphate and empire to have existed. Assalaamu ' alaikum to my brothers and sisters! Ummah zindabad!. ...Expand5
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@exx8eran4 years agoIn all your maps there is a mysterious river that runs from the dead sea to the red sea. In reality, such river doesn' t exist. 3
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@Zaferalmc4 years ago610 r. A. Muhhamed became prophate 622 hegeria to maddine 630 conquest of mekke or bekke 633-656 conquest of sasanids or persia 588-589 first gokturk - sasanid war 608-609 second gokturk - sasanid war 627-629 third gokturk - sasanid war (alliance gokturk with eastern rome empire) there is some needs to think abouth this. ...Expand7
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@Mance16809 months ago Sassanians: "Why do I hear boss music, Rome what are you doing" Romans: "That's not our music."
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@i_likemen56142 years agoI love how the classical middle east is just the greeks vs persians. 1
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@aradsstates95844 years ago99 percents of the video is about iranian empires 60 percents of it also is about roman empire less than one percent of the video is about 50 percents of the comments is about islam. you comment in the wrong video. ...Expand7
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@HoneyMad_History2 years agoBad video, too many mistakes, for example: 1) the state of hatra was created in the 2nd century ad, not in the 2nd century bc 2) the seleucids 3) characene didn' t control seleucia on the tigris, or ctesiphon (with the exception of 127 bc) 4) armenia and sophena were part of the seleucid empire in 200-189 bc. 5) the frataraka k' dom never existed, because the frataraks were the governors of persia under the seleucids and parthians 6) the parthians captured parthia itself only in 235 bc, before that the seleucid governor ruled there for 12 years 7) the corduane is not shown at all 8) since 387, for some reason, the sassanids have controlled the important fortress of dura-europos, although they did not control it 9) the lakhmids became vassals of the sassanids since the beginning of the 4th century after shapur ii' s campaign against the arabs, it is shown here that they became vassals only in the 6th century 10) the lakhmids were part of persia since 602 and lost their independence these are only the most noticeable mistakes, in fact there are many more. ...Expand3
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@GreenArt44 years agoThis video missed the upper egyptian rebellion around 200bc. 2
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@Zezzoo224 years agoKindah kingdom dadan kingdom main kingdom den30">saba kingdom hadramaut kingdom qataban kingdom himyarite kingdom ?. ...Expand5
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@MarinaMontserratlast yearCould you draw (in grey or dots) the borders of countries today? I like rivers here in this maps, they are useful for location i find a bit dificult to compare size of past empires and kingdoms with present.
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@TheCanaaniteUnionist6 months agoIf only certain aspects of this time period couldve been preserved.
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@KH-hw4cu4 years agoNext video is spread of languages in euroasia prt 2 please. 3
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@Gangsterdu692 years agoArmenia now: rome? Byzantium? Where are you guys, c' mon it' s not fun anymore comeback please. 5
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@TheObserversTV2 years ago120 bc assyriankingdoms of hatra/assur, nineveh, calachane) osrhoene.
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@aradsstates95844 years agoIrans pre islamic imperial ages (near12 centuries) 1)700-550 median empire (ancestors of todays kurdish people) 2)550-330 achaemenid p 3)247 bc-228 ad arsacid parthian empire (ancestors of todays iranian caspian peoplekurds, zazas and balochs) 4)224-651 sassanid iranshahrwasnt much matter but the sassanids themselves were more persians) *all of this empires according to iranians ancient holy book avesta (concept of irano vich or iranian homeland)had two parts: 1. Iran (land of aryans)as national and cultural part. 2. Aniran(land of none aryan people)as none national and none cultural part. *sassanids named and called whole of their empire iranshahr as political concept not just cultural and national concept like before and limited to only one part of two parts of the empire but included the whole empire as dynasty and empire. ...Expand4
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@gharibkhodabakhshi68882 years agoIn the past, the territory of iran was very large, and tajikistan, uzbekistan, turkmenistan, kyrgyzstan, azerbaijan, armenia, iraq, bahrain, pakistan, tajikistan is part of the iranian empire and the samanid rule was iranian tajik. . ...Expand2
Related videos for The Classical Middle East: Every Year:
armenian ruler: yes. 175
Persia: Why do I hear boss music? 216
this long period of conflicts and exchanges medo-lydian (130 years)
persian-greek (250 years)
(120 years)
parthian-rome (370 years)
(430 years). ...Expand 83
then the caliphate begins. 29
armenia at its greatest extent at < id="hidden11"a1: 40(in orange color) under king tigran the great. ...Expand 58
seleucids: why do i hear boss music? 6
when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. 3
well done great job. 10
many revolutions were made in history
many mythologies people used to believe in
many philosophies are there
many empires and kingdoms were there in history
many famines were there in the world
7.a list of the real languages .. ...Expand 6
but. It seems in this video nothing much happens to jerusalem in 70 ad - no destruction, no renaming. 3
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Part1:Achaemenid Persian empire ruling the known world
Part2:Alexander conquest and Alexanders successors ruling the known world.
Part3:Parthian empire and Rome ruling the known world +birth of christianity and Armenia is all that important.
Part4:Sassanid empire and Rome ruling the known world(religion is all that matters)and birth of Islam at the end.
*Achaemenid,Parthian and Sassanid empires were Iranian empires.
*about Median empire and Achaemenid empire (from Cyrus the great until Darius the great) as Iranian empires its on previous video about Ancient Middle East.
Part1: -
Part2: -
Part3: -
Part4: - .. ...Expand 16
pharaoh: oh no, anyways.
egyptian soldier:
pharaoh: they can' t keep us down forever. It' s never worked.
egyptian soldier: ok. 10
rome and all hellenistic states specially seleucids: damn we should goodbye to the alexander dreams forever. 4
three mistakes though. Ptolemy i of egypt died in 282bc, pontus . ...Expand 5
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and now hes dead. 7
622 hegeria to maddine
630 conquest of mekke or bekke
633-656 conquest of sasanids or persia 588-589 first gokturk - sasanid war
608-609 second gokturk - sasanid war
627-629 third gokturk - sasanid war (alliance gokturk with eastern rome empire)
there is some needs to think abouth this. ...Expand 7
Sassanians: "Why do I hear boss music, Rome what are you doing"
Romans: "That's not our music."
60 percents of it also is about roman empire
less than one percent of the video is about 50 percents of the comments is about islam.
you comment in the wrong video. ...Expand 7
1) the state of hatra was created in the 2nd century ad, not in the 2nd century bc
2) the seleucids 3) characene didn' t control seleucia on the tigris, or ctesiphon (with the exception of 127 bc)
4) armenia and sophena were part of the seleucid empire in 200-189 bc.
5) the frataraka k' dom never existed, because the frataraks were the governors of persia under the seleucids and parthians
6) the parthians captured parthia itself only in 235 bc, before that the seleucid governor ruled there for 12 years
7) the corduane is not shown at all
8) since 387, for some reason, the sassanids have controlled the important fortress of dura-europos, although they did not control it
9) the lakhmids became vassals of the sassanids since the beginning of the 4th century after shapur ii' s campaign against the arabs, it is shown here that they became vassals only in the 6th century
10) the lakhmids were part of persia since 602 and lost their independence
these are only the most noticeable mistakes, in fact there are many more. ...Expand 3
dadan kingdom
main kingdom
den30">saba kingdom
hadramaut kingdom
qataban kingdom
himyarite kingdom
?. ...Expand 5
i find a bit dificult to compare size of past empires and kingdoms with present.
(near12 centuries)
1)700-550 median empire (ancestors of todays kurdish people)
2)550-330 achaemenid p 3)247 bc-228 ad arsacid parthian empire (ancestors of todays iranian caspian peoplekurds, zazas and balochs)
4)224-651 sassanid iranshahrwasnt much matter but the sassanids themselves were more persians)
*all of this empires according to iranians ancient holy book avesta (concept of irano vich or iranian homeland)had two parts:
1. Iran (land of aryans)as national and cultural part.
2. Aniran(land of none aryan people)as none national and none cultural part.
*sassanids named and called whole of their empire iranshahr as political concept not just cultural and national concept like before and limited to only one part of two parts of the empire but included the whole empire as dynasty and empire. ...Expand 4
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