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