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Temple or Observatory

Temple or Observatory In Zoroastrian books it is quoted that the holy Zoroaster was worshipping in Kaaba and this word later were adopted by the Arabs as a place of worshipping the God. In the age of Cyrus the Great, Persians used to call the land where is known as Amman, the capital city of Jordan, Mecca and this is a Persian word as well which is used to call current place of Mecca and the Kaaba is holy building for Muslims. There is a building with a different architecture in Naghsh-e Rostam in Shiraz which is mistakenly called Kabaa of Zoroaster (the place where he used to worship), this name firstly used by the Arabs when they invade Iran in the age of Sassanids dynasty. Because they didn’t know about it and its use, they assumed this building as a place for idols but Persians never worshiped the idols and and they were monotheist in the other hand because Zoroastrians called temples “Kabaa”, they called this building Kaaba as well, so this building stayed as a temple for many yea