Gupta and Sasanids

Question 1

Sasanid Politics

Answer 1

• 651 ce arab warriors killed sasanid ruler last
• disagreement among nobles from weak rulers
• king yazdgird the third fled from the arabs in the capital, got killed by the arabs, and then arabs took over.

Question 2

Invasions Gupta

Answer 2

• invaded by white huns 4th century ce
• weakened by war expense
• most say the invasions were the start of gupta decline

Question 3

Sasanid invasion

Answer 3

• invaded by arabs
• last king, King Yazgrid 3, was murdered by the arabs who eventually took over the empire
• finally took over fully by 651 ce after killing King Yazgrid 3.
• had problems with the roman Kushan and byzantine empire that led to the corruption of the border btwn sasanid and arabs.

Question 4

Gupta Politics

Answer 4

• rulers became lazy with power and wealth
• dissention of royal family
• kumar gupta the first died and sons fought for the throne, Skandra gupta won by defeating two other brothers.
• govenors wanted to rule for themselves

Question 5

Gupta financial issues

Answer 5

• had trouble collecting tax money to fund war and complex bureaucracy
• too much war expense.

Question 6

Sasanid financial issues

Answer 6

• too many taxes

- arab war destroyed trade routes and therefore the source of political and merchant income.

Question 7

Gupta religion

Answer 7

• Changed from hinduism to buddhism
• buddhists believed that war/murder is wrong strongly.
• this led to decline of gupta military

Question 8

Sasanid Religion

Answer 8

-At the end of Sasanid reign there was an Islamic invasion where Muslims forced Sasanians to convert to Islam.

Question 9

Thesis

Answer 9

The Gupta and Sasanid empires fell similarly in financial issues and invasions, however they had contrasting issues in political corruption and religious changes.