Heraclius's Great Counter-Offensive Against the Sasanians

627 CE · Nineveh yakınları, Irak · military

Near Nineveh, Heraclius routed the Sasanian general; Khosrow II was deposed and killed, and the True Cross was recovered.

Both Rome and the Sasanians were exhausted by these wars and left open to the Islamic conquests. | The last war of the ancient eastern Mediterranean world order; it prepared the ground for the Islamic conquests.

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What was Heraclius's Great Counter-Offensive Against the Sasanians?
Near Nineveh, Heraclius routed the Sasanian general; Khosrow II was deposed and killed, and the True Cross was recovered.
When did Heraclius's Great Counter-Offensive Against the Sasanians happen?
627 CE
Where did Heraclius's Great Counter-Offensive Against the Sasanians take place?
Nineveh yakınları, Irak