The faravahar is the best-known symbol from ancient Persia of the winged sun disk with a seated male figure in the center. It is thought to represent Ahura Mazda, the god of Zoroastrianism, but has also been interpreted to signify other concepts, including:
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c. 3000 BCEPersian religious belief is developed.
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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 - 330 BCEZoroastrianism adopted by the Achaemenid Empire.
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c. 520 BCEDarius I, The Great commissions the Behistun Inscription.
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224 CE - 651 CEZoroastrianism made state religion under the Sassanian Empire.
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651 CEMuslim Arab conquest of Persia; Zoroastrianism/Zorvanism is suppressed and forcible conversion efforts instituted.
