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c. 1500 BCE - c. 1000 BCEZoroaster develops his new vision of religious truth which becomes Zoroastrianism.
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c. 550 BCE - 651 CEAncient Persian culture flourishes under the Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanian empires.
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c. 550 BCE - 530 BCEUnder the reign of Cyrus II The Great the qanat system of irrigation is introduced on a large scale as well as the yakhchal refrigeration system.
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522 BCE - 486 BCEDuring the reign of Darius I the Great, roads are built, canal constructed in Egypt, postal system originates.
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486 BCE - 465 BCEReign of Xerxes I; massive building projects such as Persepolis completed and others begun.
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247 BCE - 224 CEParthian Empire continues and modifies aspects of the Persian culture.
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224 CE - 651 CEAncient Persian culture reaches its height during the Sassanian Period.
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651 CESassanian Empire falls to the invading Arab Muslims; Persian culture spreads with Arab armies to other regions.
