Question

The persian empire which experienced defeats at the hands of the arab armies was the

a. abbasid.
b. umayyad.
c. sassanid.
d. mongol.
e. fatimid.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C. Sassanid

They were the last Persian empire before it fell to Arabs and fully converted to Islam. After a series of political strife, a young King inherited the throne and was not capable of fighting off the vast and united Arab armies that were slowly making their way through Persia. Many artistic and cultural ideals of the Sassanids are steel seen today in the Islamic world.