The Barbarian Empires of the Steppes. Episode 13, Sassanid Shahs and the Hephthalites.
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Kenneth W. Harl
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2014.
To understand the history of the Hephthalites or "White Huns" and the Gök Turks in context, look at the Sassanid Empire - the contemporary rival to the late Roman world - from the monarchy's aspirations to the way its Neo-Persian shahs came into conflict with Rome and these nomadic peoples.