Word: sassanid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...conquest by Alexander the Great, Zoroastrian ideas circulated widely in the Middle East. Almost certainly the magi who came to Bethlehem to honor the newborn Jesus were Zoroastrians, and many scholars believe that echoes of Zoroastrian theology can be found in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Revived by the Sassanid dynasty during the 3rd century A.D., Zoroastrianism died out once again when Persia was conquered by the Moslem caliphs 400 years later. Rather than submit to Islam, the ancestors of today's Parsis took refuge in India during the 8th century; to this day, the sect's name bespeaks...
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