What Can History Teach Us Today Analysis

History is a powerful and influential force. History has the power to make a precedent in modern day through other people’s actions long ago. History, nevertheless, is multi-faceted. There are various aspects of history that shape what happened once before. For example, the history of military and how it evolved or the history of education, technology or the arts. The history of religion and how it shaped the world is the topic of discussion for this paper. History can be an authoritative and persuasive force when reckoned with as will be shown through examples like Muhammad, Constantine, and Zoroaster and how their messages shaped not only their cultures but also the world. Zoroaster lived in Persia where Persians believed that there were many gods to be worshiped and rejected the idea of monotheism. This is why it was so shocking when Zoroaster started preaching how he received a revelation from an angel named Vohu Mana that said that there was only one god who Zoroaster termed Ahura Mazda and that any other god was an evil spirit or demon. Zoroaster did not let his peoples’ skepticism shake him from spreading his true beliefs. After numerous years of trying to convert the people of his hometown, Zoroaster left and went to Bactria where the king and queen accepted his message and later made Zoroastrianism …show more content…
says, “History is a lesson: a lesson of intentions, movements, experiments, and human production; a lesson that builds integrity and character within our children. IS man inherently good? Who controls the distribution of power and wealth…The study of history requires us to ask such complex questions as these.” Zoroastrianism was an experiment of sorts. Zoroaster saw a chance to better society with his religion even though everyone else around him thought differently. His “experiment” worked out because Zoroastrianism became one of the most dominant religions in the