Between the 3rd and 7th centuries AD, the country now named Iran was part of the Sasanian Empire, Rome’s great rival in the East. Under this empire, Zoroastrianism was recognized as the state religion, and numerous Zoroastrian sanctuaries were built by the Sasanian rulers as a sign of their piety.
One of the most important of these sanctuaries is found at a site known as Takht-e-Soleyman.
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