ZOROASTER

THE BASICS

• Lived around 600 B.C. and died around 550 B.C.
• Known for founding Zoroastrianism
• Spoke old Avestan
• Lived in the eastern Iranian plateau
• Also known as Zarathustra

ZOROATIANISM

• Main question: Why is there so much suffering in the world?
• His answer: The earth is a battleground in which good and evil fight
• The good is the god Ahura Mazda, the evil god is Angra Mainyu
• Also known as Parsiism
• Monotheistic

OTHER FACTS

• His religion was known as the very first world religion
• Its monotheistic views mirrors the modern views of Christianity and Islam
• It was spread into the outer military regions of the Roman Empire
• Zoroatianism is still practiced today