Byzantine-Sasanian War (602-628)
602–628 · Event
Last great war of antiquity; Heraclius's victory exhausts both empires and opens the way for Islamic conquests.
On these timelines: Persia and Iran, Anatolia / Byzantium / Ottoman / Turkey, Roman History, Master
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- Fall of the Sasanian Empire (651)
- Safavid Empire (1501)
- Alexander's conquest of the Persian Empire (334 BCE)
- Safavid Iran converts to Twelver Shi'ism (1501)
Around 602
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