Wikipedia's article on the Achaemenid Empire, community-edited. Reliable for Zoroastrianism becoming the de facto religion of the Persian state under Artaxerxes I, who reigned 465 to 424 BCE, more than eight decades after Cyrus the Great founded the empire in 550 BCE; and for the religion spreading from Armenia through Asia Minor and the Levant during the forty-five-year reign of Artaxerxes II, 405 to 358 BCE. The article does not attribute personal Zoroastrian practice to Cyrus the Great or Darius I, and this atlas carries that silence rather than assuming it.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire
Source Typereference
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Community-edited reference page, tier 3, on a well studied ancient empire. Used only for the Artaxerxes I and Artaxerxes II dates the article itself states for Zoroastrianism's formalization and spread; a more precise founder-era date is deliberately not claimed since the article does not support one. NotesUsed for Zoroastrianism becoming the Achaemenid state's de facto religion, 465 to 358 BCE.
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This source names Armenia directly: "and for the religion spreading from Armenia through Asia Minor and the Levant during the forty-five-year reign of Artaxerxes II, 405 to 358 BCE."
This source names Asia directly: "spreading from Armenia through Asia Minor and the Levant during the forty-five-year reign of Artaxerxes II, 405 to 358 BCE."
This source names Persians directly: "Wikipedia's article on the Achaemenid Empire, community-edited."
This source names The Levant directly: "from Armenia through Asia Minor and the Levant during the forty-five-year reign of Artaxerxes II, 405 to 358 BCE."
Claims Backed By This Source (30 claims)
This source backs 30 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 10 holds, 1 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 12 claims: 8 well-attested, 4 holds.
- Spread Events, 11 claims: 4 well-attested, 6 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Historical Periods, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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