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c. 1500 BCE - c. 1000 BCELife of Zoroaster according to modern scholar estimations.
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c. 1500 BCE - c. 1000 BCEZoroaster develops his new vision of religious truth which becomes Zoroastrianism.
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628 BCE - 551 BCELife of Zoroaster, according to Pahlavi sources.
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c. 550 BCE - 330 BCEZoroastrianism is adopted by the Achaemenid Empire.
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247 BCE - 224 CEZoroastrianism is continued by the Parthian Empire.
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224 CEZoroastrianism becomes Persian state religion under the Sassanian Empire.
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309 CE - 379 CEZoroastrian religious literature committed to writing under the reign of Shapur II of the Sassanian Empire.
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531 CE - 579 CEReign of Kosrau I of the Sassanian Empire; Zoroastrian religious works written and codified.
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651 CEMuslim Arab conquest of Persia; Zoroastrianism/Zorvanism is suppressed and forcible conversion efforts instituted.