Zoroastrianism

east were Byzantine Empire and Sassanid Empire. The Byzantine Empire controlled over Egypt and a piece of the Mediterranean coastline. Sassanid Empire ruled over Persia. Persia was a great cultural center and influenced Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism. In 613 Muhammad was preaching his faith. He focused on three themes:Allah was the God, the rich shouldn’t share with the poor, and that men would have a final judgement before Allah. Muslims call Muhammad’s flight from Mecca the hegira…

But for Christianity it is stated that the view of afterlife will depend on it’s an everyone’s deeds, if deeds are good or if someone lives a sinless life then he/she will live an eternal life in heaven but if someone lived a sinful life then he/she will go to hell and receive eternal pain. Similarities. The similarities which Buddhism has with Christianity are that they both have Priests, Priestesses monks and nuns. According to www.comparativeworld.com, ‘they also have basic rule of behaviour…

During the time of 500 BCE, The Persian Empire flourished north into the Persian Gulf, as The Roman Empire, which flourished 200 BCE through 200 CE in the western side of Eurasia. Both empires where large in population, however, the belief system that they had was unlike and they both had diverse views on poverty and wealth. There are many similarities to both the Persian and Roman empires. The Persian Empire was the largest of its time and the Roman Empire was also the largest empire of…

All religions that have been discussed thus far, have had an impact on several cultures within this era. Over time, each religion has been modified to fit that time period or culture with different theories and philosophies. Of these, philosophies such as Stoicism, Sophism, Idealism and Other Hellenistic philosophies. While other religions were abolished by rulers or by the very people whom adopted another religion. Christianity does not differ from this from of being “modified.” At this point,…

Trade along the Silk Road created important exchanges and interconnections across the Afro-Eurasian world from the spread of cultural values and transfer of raw materials. The 14th century Italian manuscript of a European mounted Knight with a stirrup, relates to ways commerce along the Silk Road created technological advances. This is because the exchange of warfare equipment was more intricate than the transaction of items between empires, it allowed for commerce to set up the important…

In the early modern era, as with Europe and the Protestant Reformation, China and India would go through cultural changes. Prior to the changes, China predominantly followed Confucian ideals which it mostly still did by the early modern era. However, it now had influences from Buddhism and Daoism which formed Neo-Confucianism. Religious people such as Buddhists attempted to get more people to convert by telling them they could achieve enlightenment by conducting similar rituals as monks. Certain…

himself "King of kings", because he was very powerful. He organized the empire into twenty provinces. In each providence he put governors called "satraps",who collected taxes, put down rebellions and served as judges. The Persian's religion called "Zoroastrianism." The Persians believed that there was only one god and creator of all things. God is…

Zoroastrianism was founded by the prophet Zoroaster around the 11th century BCE and was first preached to Indo-European speaking people. It was believed that the prophet received direct revelations from the supreme god, Ahura Mazda, “The Wise Lord”. Ahura Mazda’s…

The Faravahar or the winged disc with a old man's upper body was carved on a stone by ancient Iranians. It represents Zarathustra the greatest Iranian philosopher principles of good thoughts, good words, good deeds. The Faravahar has six different parts that each symbolize something. The first part is the face and also the whole figure inside the circle. The face resembles the face of a human being and shows its connection to mankind.The figure is that of an old man representing wisdom of old…

Cyrus the Great was able to rule the Persian Empire through Zoroastrianism. He was able to keep control of the empire and rule by using religion. He invoked spiritual justifications with this to ensure his rule. Religion helped unite the nation. This was a large empire that proved effectively ruled using religion. The…