Zoroastrianism

  • Period: 1750 BCE to 1400 BCE

    Zoroaster's birth

    Range of traditional dating of Zoroaster's birth and origin of the Gathas
  • 630 BCE

    Zoroaster's birth

    Recent scholarly dating of Zoroaster's birthday: Gathas follow.
  • 600 BCE

    Spreading

    Zoroastrianism spreads in Persia.
  • 539 BCE

    Empire

    Persian empire founded.
  • 330 BCE

    Conquering

    Alexander the Great conquers the Persian empire
  • 936

    Parsi

    Movement to India, founding of Parsi community
  • 1381

    Mongols

    Mongols invade Iran, persecute Zoroastrians
  • Conversion

    Decree forcing Iranian Zoroastrians to convert to Islam: more fight to India
  • Massacre

    Afghan invades thousands of Zoroastrians.
  • Gathas

    Gathas are translated to English
  • Temple

    First fire temple in America is built.
  • Period: to

    Zoroastrian association

    More than twelve formal Zoroastrian associations formed in the United States.
  • Zarathushtrian

    Reformist Zarathushtrian Assembly is established in the US.