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Ahura Mazda
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"Wise Lord"; one true god who commissioned Zoroaster to be the prophet of the one true religion.
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Akhenaton
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Eqyptian pharoah who abandoned the native Egyptian religion for the worship of one true god.
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Augra Mainyu
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Evil spirit that generates from Ahura Mazda.
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Aryans
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Indo-European people who migrated to India around the 2cnd millenium B.C.E.
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asuras
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Higher gods or "lords" who, according to Persian belief, maintained cosmic order.
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Aten (Aton)
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Sun god that inspired the pharoah Akhenaton's self-adopted name.
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Avesta
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Sacred text of Zoroastrianism.
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Book of the Dead
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Ancient Egyptian manual that provided instructions for the judgement that preceded the soul's return to the body.
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Chinvat Bridge
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Bridge that enables a good soul to cross to paradise, acording to Zoroastrianism.
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cunciform
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Wedge-shaped script in which Mesopotamian priests wrote their language.
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devas (daevas)
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Gods associated with nature, such as the sun, moon, and stars.
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divination
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Art of determining the future; specialty in which Mesopotamian priests excelled.
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divine kingship
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Ancient Egyptian practice of worshipping kings and queens as gods.
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dualism
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Zoroaster's belief in the opposite principles of good and evil.
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Enuma Elish
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Ancient Mesopotamian creation myth describing how the world emerged from struggle between choas monster and the god of fresh water.
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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Mesopotamian-based, Bible like story recounting Gilgamesh's transformation following Enkidu's death.
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Gathas
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Portion of the Yasta in the Avest that contained 17 hymns; oldest Zoroastrian scripture believed to have been written by Zoroaster.
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haoma
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Plant that was a base of Persian psychedelic potion.
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Holy Immortals (Amesh Spentas)
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6 outstanding attributes of Ahura Masda that were generated to help create the world.
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magi
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Special fellowship of priests.
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Mesopotamia
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Fertile region that was home to many of the world's earliest civilizations.
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Mithra
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Persian diety who was the god of cattle and light.
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Pharoah
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Egyptian ruler given the task of creating order on Earth as the gods did in heaven.
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Satan
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Persian word borrowed from Zoroastrianism that refers to an evil entity.
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Spenta Mainu
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Good spirit that generates from Ahura Mazda.
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Sumerians
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World's earliest known civilization; made advanes in the ways of writing and farming.
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Tower of Silence
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Zoroaster's open-air building designed to house the dead.
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Vendidad
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One of the 4 parts of the Avest; means "The Laws against Demons" and contains myths and religious laws.
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Visparad
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One of the 4 parts of the Avest; means "All the Divine Lords" and contains hymns for worship.
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Vohu Manah
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Archangel who appeared to Zoroaster and led him to Ahura Mazda.
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Yashts
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One of the four parts of the Avesta; means "Hymns"; contains hymns praising sacred beings and heroic humans.
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Yasna
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One of the 4 parts of the Avesta; means "Sacrifice"; contains hymns for worship.
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ziggurats
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Stepped pyramids that were artificial platforms for Mesopotamian worship and sacrifice.
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Zoroaster
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Founder of the montheistic religion stating that Ahura Mazda is the one and only true god.
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Zoroasterianism
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Monotheistic faith that originated in Iran.
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