How did Parthian rule lay the groundwork for the nationalistic emphasis of the Sasanids?
a. The Parthians were able to defeat the Romans and consolidate their empire.
b. The Parthians disposed of the Greco-Bactrian Kushan threat to the east.
c. The Parthians attempted to collect the oral Zoroastrian textual heritage.
d. The Parthian period was one of weakness and decline that failed to lay groundwork.
c
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