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UNESCO lists Takht-e Soleyman, a Sasanian fire-sanctuary landscape of later Zoroastrian state cult

In 2003 UNESCO inscribed Takht-e Soleyman. In the causal graph this event strengthens Humanitarian Access, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — a worsening welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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In 2003 UNESCO inscribed Takht-e Soleyman. The listing is a completed conservation-access act. He did not file 2003. Access to a fire-and-water sanctuary of the later state religion is the path.

Context

Zoroaster is not the sole author of every later object, law, or museum label that uses the name. Shared work with courts, excavators, printers, spouses, officials, and later states does not erase a documented role, and it does not make an ancient person the signer of a twentieth-century statute.

Why it matters

A 2003 polygon is not a Gatha.

A 2003 polygon is not a Gatha.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Zoroaster

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.21 · verified

    Named prophet as heading of later hymns and state religion. Redactors, Sasanian kings, and later Parsi printers publish the instrument.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.UNESCO — Takht-e SoleymanUNESCO World Heritage Centre · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — ZoroasterEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, and museums are not converted into extra lifetime acts. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself. Confidence is stated on the impact path. A later English edition is not a recovered autograph. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here. Confidence is stated on the impact path.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorZoroaster
  2. contributed toFactUNESCO lists Takht-e Soleyman, a Sasanian fire-sanctuary landscape of later Zoroastrian state cult
  3. strengthensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). UNESCO lists Takht-e Soleyman, a Sasanian fire-sanctuary landscape of later Zoroastrian state cult. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/zo-unesco-takht-2003

https://factrail.ai/facts/zo-unesco-takht-2003

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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