ZOROASTRIANISM IS AN ANCIENT PERSIAN RELIGION MAY HAVE ORGINATED AS EARLY AS 4000 YEARS AGO. ARGUABLY THE WORLDS FIRST MONOTHEISTIC FAITH, ITS ONE OF THE OLDEST RELIGIONS STILL IN EXISTANCE.
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ABOUT ZOROASTRIANISM PHILOSOPHY
Zoroastrianism was the state religion of three Persian dynasties, until the muslim conquest of Persia in the seventh century A.D. Zoroastrian refugees, called Parsis, escaped muslim persecution in Iran by emigrating to india. Zoroastrianism now has an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 worshipers worldwide, and is practiced today as a minority religion in parts of Iran and India.
Zoroaster
The prophet Zoroaster is regarded as the founder of Zoroastrianism, which is arguably the world’s oldest monotheistic faith.
Most of what is known about Zoroaster comes from the avesta – a collection of zoroastrian religious scriptures. It’s unclear exactly when Zoroastrianism poaster may have lived.
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Cyrus the great, asking of the Persian empire in the sixth century B.C., though most linguistic and archaeological evidence to points to an earlier date- sometime between 1500 and 1200 B.C.
Persian Empire
Zoroastrianism shaped one of the ancient worlds largest empire – the mighty Persia empire. It was the state religion of three major Persian dynasties.
Cyrus the great, founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, was a devout Zoroastrian. By most accounts, Cyrus was a tolerant rular who allowed his non of Iranian subjects to practice their own religions. He ruled by the Zoroastrianism on the people of Persia’s conquered territories.
The beliefs of Zoroastrianism were spread across Asia via the Silk Road, a network of trading routs that spread from china to the Middle East and into Europe.
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When Cyrus conquered Babylon in 539 B.C., he liberated the Babylonian jaws. Many returned home to Jerusalem, where their descendants helped to creat the Hebrew bible.
