How Iran Got Religion
With mosques and magnificent minarets
When Alexander the Great conquered ancient Iran in 330 BC, the mighty Macedonian tried to arrange a marriage between the victors and the vanquished--literally. In 324 BC, Alexander and 80 of his top officers tied the knot with Persian brides. He also gave generous dowries to 10,000 other soldiers who got hitched with local gals.
No one knows how long those marriages lasted, but for the next 500 years, Greek and Persian traditions mixed, as first the Seleucid Greeks and then the Parthians ruled Iran. Divorce didn't come until AD 224, when the governor of the province of Persis (ancient home of the Persians) overthrew his overlords and established the Sassanid dynasty.
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