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Zoroaster or Zarathustra, Zoroastrianism > 
The founder of Zoroastrianism, Zarathushtra, or Zoroaster as the Greeks rendered the name, cannot be ascribed any precise date and dating is a hotly contested issue. Academic opinion, which bases its case on linguistic analysis of the oldest texts, suggests a date roughly around 1500 BCE. Other suggestions, based on Greek sources, arrive at dates as far apart as 6000 BCE and the sixth century BCE. Furthermore, his exact place of origin cannot be pinpointed, although it is thought that he lived either in the part of Iran which is known as Azerbaijan today or possibly in what has been called Greater Iran, namely around Balkh, or possibly as far east as the Pamir mountains in today's Tajikistan. All these areas are connected by a common Iranian culture and once upon a time practised Zoroastrianism.
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More on this Website >
• http://www.w-z-o.org/Z_Zoroastrianism_shahin.htm
• Wikipedia : Zoroaster • Edit
• World of Traditional Zoroastrianism • Edit
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Cyrus The Great, Founder of Persia
Cyrus was the first Achaemenid Emperor. He founded Persia by uniting the two original Iranian Tribes- the Medes and the Persians. Although he was known to be a great conq... |
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Jesus Christ, of Nazareth
Jesus or Jesus Christ, Jewish teacher and prophet in whom Christians have traditionally seen the Messiah and whom they have characterized as Son of God and as Word or Wis... |
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Mohammed, The Praised One
Mohammed, "the Praised One", the prophet of Islam and the founder of Mohammedanism, was born at Mecca (20 August?) A.D. 570. Arabia was then torn by warring factions. The... |
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