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The Sassanid Empire is founded and Ardashir I becomes the first shahanshah
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Sassanian armies attack Roman-controlled areas in Mesopotamia. They captured and occupied Harran and Nisibis.
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Sassanian armies attack Roman-controlled areas in Mesopotamia. They captured and occupied Harran and Nisibis.
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Coronation of Shapur I as the second shahanshah
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Second Invasion of Eastern Roman Provinces
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Tiridates takes the Armenian throne and the Sasanians are discharged from Armenia
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Narseh, the seventh shahanshah, overwhelms his competitors and triumphs to the Persian throne
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The resignation of Narseh. Coronation of Hormizd II.
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Coronation of Shapur II the Great
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Shapur II recaptures the five regions lost to Rome
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Shapur II seizes Mesopotamia
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Armistice signed by Rome and Persia
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Christian are allowed to publicly worship and to construct churches
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Coronation of Bahram V
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Peace between Persia and Rome comes to an end
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Coronation of Balash
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The Nvarsak Treaty, between Balash and Nahan Mamikonian, grants the Armenians the right to profess Christianity freely.
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Coronation of Kavadh I
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Initiation of agrarian and tax reforms
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Romans assault Persia, Armenia, and Mesopotamia but are defeated
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Farming, governmental, military, communal reforms
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Lazic War commences between the Byzantines and Sasanians for control over Lazica
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Sasanian conquest of Yemen
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Birth of Muhammad
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Sasanians abolish the monarchy of the Kingdom of Iberia. Direct control commences through self-appointed governors.
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First Perso—Turkic War. The Turks invaded the Sasanian Empire, but were defeated by General Bahrām Chobin
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Hormizd IV is assassinated; Coronation of Khosrow II
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Byzantine—Sasanian War Begins
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Muḥammad moves from Mecca to Medina
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Byzantine—Sasanian War Ends
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Deposition, trial, and execution of Khosrow II by his son and successor Kavadh II
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Murder of many Sasanian princes by Kavadh II
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Kavadh II dies and Ardashir III becomes the twenty-fifth shahanshah
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Pond of Khumm, in which Muhammad appoints Ali as his successor
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The Prophet Moḥammad dies and there ensues a dispute over his succession
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Final Defeat of Sasanians by the Arab Muslims
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Persia is annexed to the Islamic Empire which marks the end of the Sasanian Empire