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c. 550 BCE - 330 BCEFire temples first appear, according to Greek sources, during the Achaemenid Empire.
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247 BCE - 224 CEFire temples are developed further during the Parthian Empire.
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224 CE - 651 CEFire temples reach their height of development during the Sassanian Empire.
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c. 651 CE - c. 700 CEFire temples are destroyed by invading Muslim Arabs; those not destroyed are converted to mosques.
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c. 700 CE - c. 800 CEZoroastrian adherents (Parsees) flee to India and revive the faith and the fire temple.
