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No século sete a.C., época em que os medas assumiram o poder, o Zoroastrismo era a principal força na Pérsia. Em 331 a.C., quando conquistou aquele país, Alexandre, o Grande, matou os sacerdotes e queimou o palácio real, destruindo todos os registros da tradição zoroastrista.
No século sete a.C., época em que os medas assumiram o poder, o Zoroastrismo era a principal força na Pérsia. Em 331 a.C., quando conquistou aquele país, Alexandre, o Grande, matou os sacerdotes e queimou o palácio real, destruindo todos os registros da tradição zoroastrista.


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<blockquote>The Zoroastrians sustained irreparable loss through the death of so many of their priests. In those days, when all religious works were handed down orally, the priests were the living books of the faith, and with mass slaughters many ancient works (the tradition holds) were lost, or only haltingly preserved.<ref>Boyce, ''Zoroastrians'', p. 79.</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>The Zoroastrians sustained irreparable loss through the death of so many of their priests. In those days, when all religious works were handed down orally, the priests were the living books of the faith, and with mass slaughters many ancient works (the tradition holds) were lost, or only haltingly preserved.<ref>Boyce, ''Zoroastrians'', p. 79.</ref></blockquote>
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