Persian Empire
About Persian Empire
The Sasanian Empire, officially Eranshahr, was an Iranian empire that was founded and ruled by the House of Sasan from 224 to 651 AD. Lasting for over four centuries, the length of the Sasanian dynasty's reign over ancient Iran was second only to that of the Arsacid dynasty of Parthia which immediately preceded it.
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Alexander the Great stormed the Persian capital, the jewel of the empire holding centuries of Persian art and treasure, and by one account it burned down after everyone got drunk.
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More facts about Persian Empire
In the Persian Empire, if you belonged to the royal family or nobility you could only marry someone from the seven most important families.
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A Persian legend describes a torture where two trees were bent together and tied, a criminal was attached, and the trees released to tear them apart.
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The Persians were famously luxury-loving, though that was largely propaganda dished out by the Greeks.
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