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Persian Empire

Sasanian Empire
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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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In the Persian Empire, they had cool, fun-shaped cups, and if the king threw a banquet, then everyone would get a different animal-shaped cup and you'd take it home at the end of the night.

from 293: No Such Thing As A Sexy Ceiling Fan, 2019-11-01 at 00:33:24 · read transcript

Other times Persian Empire came up

  1. Embarrassing. A servant has to shade your king with a little umbrella. Weak. There was a lot of that. One of the great things they had in the Persian Empire, a post. As I look at this, it's now less exciting than I think it. One of the great things they had in the Persian Empire, post. So... As I look at this, it's now less exciting than I think it...

    554: No Such Thing As A Dragonfish At The Opticians, 2024-10-24 · listen

  2. Some say with just one leg to each tree, and they would cut the rope, and the trees would fling away, and you would be ripped in half. Is it like a wishbone where whichever tree got the bigger half? You're right. It should be like a cracker. There should be a joke on one side. That was a thing that did happen, not just in the Persian Empire, I think, because St. Corona died. that way. Really? Patron saint of viruses. Really? No. No, but like, St. Corona, I don't know what...

    No Such Thing As Water Floating On Water, 2025-01-02 · listen

  3. You're right. It should be like a crackbone where whichever tree got the bigger half? You're right. It should be like a cracker. There should be a joke on one side of that. That was a thing that did happen, not just in the Persian Empire, I think, because Saint Corona died in that way. Really? Patron saints of viruses. Really? No. No, but Saint Corona, I don't know what...

    564: No Such Thing As Water Floating On Water, 2025-01-02 · listen

  4. He went, oh my God, what have I done? Wow. That's it. He destroyed the great, and we'll never have that. We'll never have the great jewel of that Persian Empire. They need to make that into a movie, a sort of historical version of The Hangover, the movie, just to see what his 24 hours were post that. Whoa. The ancient cures are so much fun for hangovers.

    No Such Thing As Panic Buying Frankincense, 2020-04-17 · listen

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