The Silk Roads: Trade and Movement: Overview of the Sassanian empire

The video explores an ancient empire founded in the 3rd century, detailing its vast geographical reach from Syria to Central Asia. It highlights the empire's strong military and administrative systems, which often triumphed over Rome. Despite limited surviving documents, thousands of clay seals provide insights into the empire's administration. The video also discusses the empire's cultural identity through arts and crafts and notes the lack of systematic archaeological work. It concludes with a focus on five regions as case studies to understand interactions within and beyond the empire.

Discuss the significance of the sealed clay bullae found in relation to the Persian Empire.

What challenges are faced in studying the archaeological sites of the Persian Empire?