Territorial change of Sasanian Empire

“Sasanian Empire” — appears in this map’s data from AD 215 to 643. Its territory was largest in AD 623 – 625, at ≈ 5.00 million km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 623 – 625 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 623: number 69 of 1.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Lakhmid kingdom — 62 frames
• Byzantine Empire — 45 frames
• Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity) — 37 frames
• Gupta Empire — 33 frames
• Caucasian Albania — 31 frames
• Roman Empire — 29 frames
• Western Satraps — 28 frames
• Hephthalites — 25 frames
• Kidarites — 22 frames
• Lazica — 20 frames
• Turk Shahis — 19 frames
• Ghassanids — 18 frames
• Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom — 17 frames
• Kushan Empire — 17 frames
• Göktürks — 15 frames
• Adiabene — 15 frames
• Karkota dynasty — 14 frames
• Kingdom of Iberia — 11 frames
• Indo-Scythian Kingdom — 7 frames
• Xionites — 7 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 30 by area (of 43 in total).

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Kingdom of Persia · Parthian Empire · Elymais

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Sasanian Empire (), officially Eranshahr (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩, romanized: Ērānšahr, lit. 'Empire of the Iranians'), was an Iranian empire that was founded and ruled by the House of Sasan from 224 to 651 AD (the era of late antiquity).

Wikipedia (English) “Sasanian Empire”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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