Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Asōristān (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭 Asōristān / Asōrestān) was the name of the Sasanian provinces of Assyria and Babylonia, although the name Asorestan technically meant only Assyria which was in fact just to the north of Babylonia.Asōristān was largely identical with ancient Mesopotamia. The borders were, in the west, the Euphrates and, in the east, a strip of land east of the Tigris. The northern border probably went along a line from Harran to the Hakkari mountains.Asoristan was the capital province of the Sasanian Empire and was called Del-i Ērānshahr (lit. "The Heart of Iran") in Persian. The city of Ctesiphon served as the capital of both the Parthian and Sasanian empires, and was for some time the largest city in the world. The main language spoken was Eastern Aramaic, with the Syriac dialect becoming an important vehicle for Christianity.Between 633 and 638 AD, the region was invaded by the Arabs, and annexed by the Islamic Rashidun Caliphate and together with Mayshan became the province of al-'Irāq. A century later, the area became the capital province of the Abbasid Caliphate and the centre of Islamic civilization for five hundred years; from the 8th to the 13th centuries.. }
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- Asōristān abstract "Asōristān (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭 Asōristān / Asōrestān) was the name of the Sasanian provinces of Assyria and Babylonia, although the name Asorestan technically meant only Assyria which was in fact just to the north of Babylonia.Asōristān was largely identical with ancient Mesopotamia. The borders were, in the west, the Euphrates and, in the east, a strip of land east of the Tigris. The northern border probably went along a line from Harran to the Hakkari mountains.Asoristan was the capital province of the Sasanian Empire and was called Del-i Ērānshahr (lit. "The Heart of Iran") in Persian. The city of Ctesiphon served as the capital of both the Parthian and Sasanian empires, and was for some time the largest city in the world. The main language spoken was Eastern Aramaic, with the Syriac dialect becoming an important vehicle for Christianity.Between 633 and 638 AD, the region was invaded by the Arabs, and annexed by the Islamic Rashidun Caliphate and together with Mayshan became the province of al-'Irāq. A century later, the area became the capital province of the Abbasid Caliphate and the centre of Islamic civilization for five hundred years; from the 8th to the 13th centuries.".