Successors to this empire inherited its Seven Great Houses, including the House of Suren from which Armenia’s patron saint descends. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this empire that built the city of Ctesiphon, which was sacked in multiple invasions suffered by its Arsacid dynasty.
ANSWER: Parthian Empire
[10e] Aside from Parthia’s Seven Great Houses, the Sassanids took over the capital Ctesiphon, which the Parthians built on this river. This river bounds Mesopotamia with the Euphrates.
ANSWER: Tigris River
[10m] From their predecessors, the Sassanids also adopted this Middle Persian script whose name derives from that of Parthia. This script names a 20th century Iranian dynasty whose last ruler, Mohammad Reza Shah, was ousted in 1979.
ANSWER: Pahlavi
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