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    Sasanian art, or Sassanid art, was produced under the Sasanian Empire which ruled from the 3rd to 7th centuries AD, before the Muslim conquest of Persia...
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    support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The Sasanian Empire (/səˈsɑːniən, səˈseɪniən/), officially Ērānšahr (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩...
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    Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom (or Indo-Sasanians) was a polity established by the Sasanian Empire in Bactria during the 3rd and 4th centuries. The Sasanian Empire...
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    are more naturalistic, probably under Greek influence. Sasanian art was produced under the Sasanian Empire, which ruled from the 3rd to 7th centuries AD...
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    Sasanian Egypt (known in Middle Persian sources as Agiptus) refers to the brief rule of Egypt and parts of Libya by the Sasanian Empire, following the...
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    Sasanian architecture refers to the Persian architectural style that reached a peak in its development during the Sasanian era. In many ways the Sasanian...
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  • Greco-Roman world and two successive Iranian empires: the Parthian and the Sasanian. Battles between the Parthian Empire and the Roman Republic began in 54 BC;...
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  • The Sasanian army was the primary military body of the Sasanian armed forces, serving alongside the Sasanian navy. The birth of the army dates back to...
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    other polities. Sasanian coins are a pivotal primary source for the study of the Sasanian period, and of major importance in history and art history in general...
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    Sasanian Glass is the glassware produced between the 3rd and the 7th centuries AD within the limits of the Sasanian Empire of Persia, namely present-day...
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    Baghdad Battery (category Sasanian art)
    metropolis of Ctesiphon, the capital of the Parthian (150 BC – 223 AD) and Sasanian (224–650 AD) empires, and it is believed to date from either of these periods...
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    Sasanian Armenia, also known as Persian Armenia and Persarmenia (Armenian: Պարսկահայաստան – Parskahayastan), may either refer to the periods in which Armenia...
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  • Museum of Art, New York City. Ancient Iranian goddess Anahita depicted on a Sasanian silver vessel. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Sasanian marble bust...
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    Persian-Sassanide art patterns have similarities with the art of the Bulgars, Khazars, and Saka-Scythians, and have recurred in Asia. They predominantly...
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  • to 560 CE, when combined forces from the First Turkic Khaganate and the Sasanian Empire defeated them. After 560 CE, they established "principalities" in...
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    Arsacid and Early Sasanian Art." In V. S. Curtis, E. J. Pendleton, M. Alram and T. Daryaee (eds.), The Parthian and Early Sasanian Empires: Adaptation...
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    Niello (redirect from Black silver art)
    Niello was rarely used in Sasanian metalwork, which could use it inventively. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has Sasanian shallow bowls or dishes where...
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    These works of art are considered as an artistic synthesis of Buddhist art and Gupta art from India, with influences from the Sasanian Empire and the...
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    Colossal statue of Shapur I (category Sasanian art)
    About 1400 years ago, after the Arab invasion of Iran and collapse of the Sasanian Empire, the statue was pulled down and a part of one of its legs was broken...
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    Cameo with Valerian and Shapur I (category Sasanian art)
    common art in the Greco-Roman culture that was also adopted by the Sasanians. The design of the Shapur Cameo combines both Roman and Sasanian styles....
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    Sealstone of Mani (category Sasanian art)
    Zsuzsanna (2015). Mani's Pictures: The Didactic Images of the Manichaeans from Sasanian Mesopotamia to Uygur Central Asia and Tang-Ming China. "Nag Hammadi and...
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    Mard o mard (category Military history of the Sasanian Empire)
    acceptance of the defeat in the war and making peace with the Romans. In Sasanian art several mard o mard depictions are preserved in rock-reliefs in Naqsh-e...
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    Mshatta Facade (category Islamic art)
    design layout. Greco-Roman and Sasanian Influence The imagery used on the Mshatta facade, like much early Islamic art, draws inspiration from different...
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    Sasanian Iberia (Georgian: სასანური ქართლი, romanized: sasanuri kartli; Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭥𐭰𐭠𐭭, wirōzān/wiruzān/wiručān) was the period the Kingdom...
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  • Hind (also spelled Hindestan) was the name of a southeastern Sasanian province lying near the Indus River in modern-day southern Pakistan. The boundaries...
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    heads on caps crown the heads of princes. Boar figures are widespread in Sasanian art, appearing in everything from textiles to stucco and in silver ornaments...
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    primary sources for the study of Sasanian dress are forms of visual art, rock reliefs in particular. In relation to the Sasanian dress, Matthew Canepa (2018)...
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    region that is now Iraq and Iran between the 3rd and 7th centuries. Sasanian art is best represented in metalwork, jewellery, architecture and wall-reliefs...
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    sometimes confused with Sasanian metalwork. However, characteristics of Sogdian metalwork, differentiating it from Sasanian metalwork, have been established;...
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  • Art and Chronology Ii, Edited by M. Alram et al. Coins, Art and Chronology II: 91–146. Cribb, Joe; Donovan, Peter (2014). Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and...
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