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• Sassanian Empire —    The large imperial realm that replaced the Parthian Empire in Mesopotamia, Iran, and other parts of the Near East in the early third century a.d. The Sassanian realm is also sometimes called the Neo Persian Empire. Several centuries before,… …   Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary

• rup|tive marking — «RUHP tihv», patterns of light and dark color that break up the outline of a bird to give it protective coloration. ╂[ruptive < Latin ruptus (past participle of rumpere to break) + English ive] …   Useful english dictionary