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- noun Plural form of
Sassanian .
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The primary form of taxation under the Sassanians was a land tax and, for religious minorities, a poll tax.
F. The Neo-Persian Empire of the Sassanians, 223-651 C.E 2001
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3. The Sassanians were a prestigious dynasty of Persian kings who established a powerful empire from 226 to 641, until the conquest of Persia by Islam.
Scheherazade Goes West Fatema Mernissi 2001
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The narrative of continuity comes from the Sassanians who appear to have lacked any historical resources that we do not have today.
Matthew Yglesias » Toy Drives Checking Immigration Status of Children 2009
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An Open Letter to President Elect Obama yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'An Open Letter to President Elect Obama'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: A group of Kurdish Sassanians ask President Elect Obama to establish regional cultural and economic unions rather than global economic unions.'
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It's also easy to document the presence of Persians and Sassanians in China.
Worker from the West 2006
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The Neo-Persian Empire of the Sassanians, 223651 C.E. c.
502-506 2001
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The Neo-Persian Empire of the Sassanians, 223651 C.E. b.
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The Neo-Persian Empire of the Sassanians, 223651 C.E. d.
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The Byzantines used the tribe of Ghassan, which converted to Christianity, while the Sassanians paid the Lakhmids, at al-Hira, for their military services.
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A fifty-year peace was concluded with the Byzantines in 561 in which Lazica was recognized as Roman in exchange for an annual payment in gold to the Sassanians.
502-506 2001
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