Sasanian invasion of the Levant

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The Sasanian invasion of the Levant was a major early 7th-century Persian military campaign that overran key Byzantine territories in the Eastern Mediterranean, including much of Syria and Palestine, dramatically reshaping the region’s political and religious landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sasanian–Byzantine conflict ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
affected Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land ⓘ
trade routes in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
urban centers of the Levant ⓘ
belligerent Heraclius ⓘ
Khosrow II ⓘ
cause expansionist policy of Khosrow II ⓘ
ongoing Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 ⓘ
commandedBy Sasanian generals ⓘ
conflictBetween Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
endTime c. 628 ⓘ
followedBy Byzantine reconquest under Heraclius ⓘ
Muslim conquest of the Levant ⓘ
historicalContext final phase of Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ
late antique Near East ⓘ
location Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Palestine ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
notableFor overrunning key Byzantine territories in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
temporary Sasanian presence in the Holy Land ⓘ
opponent Byzantine provincial forces in Palestine ⓘ
Byzantine provincial forces in Syria ⓘ
partOf Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 ⓘ
Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ
precededBy Sasanian invasion of Mesopotamia ⓘ
religiousImpact changes in control of Christian holy sites ⓘ
disruption of Christian ecclesiastical structures in the Levant ⓘ
tensions among Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christian communities ⓘ
result Sasanian occupation of the Levant ⓘ
loss of key Byzantine territories in the Levant ⓘ
major shift in regional political landscape ⓘ
major shift in regional religious landscape ⓘ
temporary Sasanian control of Jerusalem ⓘ
significantEvent Sasanian advance to the Mediterranean coast ⓘ
Sasanian capture of Damascus ⓘ
Sasanian capture of Jerusalem ⓘ
startTime c. 611 ⓘ
early 7th century ⓘ
territoryOverrun Byzantine Palestine ⓘ
Byzantine Syria ⓘ
linked to: Greater Syria

Palaestina Tertia ⓘ
Phoenicia ⓘ
linked to: Fenicia
territoryOverrun Palaestina Prima ⓘ
Palaestina Secunda ⓘ
timePeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ

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Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima → affectedBy → Sasanian invasion of the Levant ⓘ
Siege of Antioch (540) → precededBy → Sasanian invasion of Syria (540) ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian invasion of the Levant
Siege of Antioch (540) → followedBy → Sasanian raids in the Levant (540) ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian invasion of the Levant
St George Monastery in Wadi Qelt → destroyedBy → Persian invasion of 614 ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian invasion of the Levant
Tomb of the Virgin Mary → damagedDuring → Persian invasion of 614 ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian invasion of the Levant
Church of the Anastasis → destroyedBy → Persian invasion of 614 ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian invasion of the Levant
Sasanian invasion of the Levant → result → Sasanian occupation of the Levant ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian invasion of the Levant
Sasanian invasion of the Levant → significantEvent → Sasanian capture of Damascus ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian invasion of the Levant
Church of the Multiplication → destroyedBy → Persian invasion of Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian invasion of the Levant
Sack of Jerusalem (614) → precededBy → Sasanian advances in Syria and Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian invasion of the Levant
Sack of Jerusalem (614) → followedBy → Sasanian occupation of Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian invasion of the Levant