Which religion goes back to the Persian prophet?
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Zoroastrianism
One of the oldest religions.
💡 Did you know? Zoroaster founded Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest religions still practised today.
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Where did Zoroaster live?
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Persia
The exact date is disputed.
💡 Did you know? He probably lived over 3,000 years ago in ancient Persia; the exact date is debated among scholars.
In which god did Zoroaster believe?
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Ahura Mazda
A supreme, good god.
💡 Did you know? He taught belief in a supreme, good God: Ahura Mazda, the „wise lord“.
What is at the centre of Zoroaster's teaching?
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good and evil
Good thoughts, words, deeds.
💡 Did you know? At its heart is the struggle between good and evil and the free choice of the individual.
What did Zoroastrianism probably influence?
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later religions
Ideas like heaven and hell.
💡 Did you know? Ideas of heaven, hell and a saviour probably influenced Judaism, Christianity and Islam too.
Foto: Isaac Adams, „Persia by a Persian" (1906) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Which figure is shown here?
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Zoroaster
Zoroaster founded Zoroastrianism in ancient Persia millennia ago, one of the oldest revealed religions.
💡 Did you know? The eternal flame, a symbol of the divine, has burned in some Zoroastrian temples uninterrupted for over a thousand years.
Around which year does a common dating place Zoroaster’s birth?
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1000 BC
Born: c. 1000 BC in Persia
What was Zoroaster's origin?
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Persian
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