Persia & Mesopotamia
After the Conquest of Alexander the Great
The Seleucids
c. 312/11 - 129 BC
The Parthians
c. 250 BC - 224 AD
Mithridates I |
171 - 138/7 BC |
Phraates II |
138/7 - 124 BC |
Mithridates II |
123 - 88/7 BC |
The Sasanians
224 -651 AD
Ardashir |
224 - 241 |
Shapur I |
241 - 272 |
Shapur II |
310 - 379 |
Yazdigird I |
399 - 420 |
Khosroe I |
531 - 578 |
Khosroe II |
591 - 628 |
Yazdigird III |
632 - 633 d. 651 |
The Rise of Islam / Islamic revolution
Death of the Prophet Mohammed 632 AD