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- Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. ... West || Pahlavi Texts, vol. 5 of 5. Marvels of Zoroastrianism. ...30 KB (4,499 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
- this reflected a separate influence from Zoroastrianism via their parent ideology of Pythagoreanism. According to Larson, both the Essenes and Pythagoreans ...15 KB (2,317 words) - 21:31, 20 March 2024
- Apocalyptic literature is a genre of prophetical writing that developed in post-exile Jewish culture and was popular among early Christians. ...16 KB (2,523 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- arrival of the Arabs, they had converted to Zoroastrianism. Their short-lived Islamic legacy would count against them during the reign of al-Mahdi's ...15 KB (2,203 words) - 22:55, 18 December 2022
- E. were more influenced by Hellenism than by Zoroastrianism. It was there, at Pergamum on the Aegean Sea, in the second century B.C.E., that Greek sculptors ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
- Fire occupies a unique place in nature. It is not matter itself, but it involves the reaction of different types of matter to generate energy ...16 KB (2,510 words) - 19:51, 26 March 2024
- of the Avesta, the sacred texts of Zoroastrianism, was completed, heresy ... 1999, 219. In order to reestablish Zoroastrianism in Armenia, he crushed ...72 KB (11,035 words) - 16:49, 23 December 2022
- union between Christianity and Zoroastrianism. The more cautious Georgios urged the necessity for ecclesiastical union with Rome on doctrinal ...17 KB (2,731 words) - 06:49, 18 April 2024
- is common among traditional peoples. In Zoroastrianism, the Amesha Spenta are seen as emanating spirits of Ahura Mazda. In Christian Science, Spirit ...17 KB (2,627 words) - 21:55, 28 October 2020
- in Babylonia under the influence of the Zoroastrianism religion of the Persian Empire, demonology never became a mainstream feature of Jewish theology ...32 KB (5,129 words) - 09:29, 28 January 2024
- (a.k.a. Zarathustra), the founding prophet of Zoroastrianism, Mahavira (599-527 B.C.E.), promulgator of the tenets of Jainism, Gautama Buddha (563-483 ...18 KB (2,850 words) - 07:10, 23 August 2023
- the old glory of the Achaemenid Persia, making Zoroastrianism the state religion and claiming Armenia as part of the empire. To preserve the autonomy ...18 KB (2,729 words) - 03:59, 15 August 2023
- example Voltaire promoted research into Zoroastrianism in the belief that it would support a rational Deism superior to Christianity. Others praised ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- Babylonia, named for its capital city of Babylon, was an ancient state in Mesopotamia (in modern Iraq), combining the territories of Sumer and ...19 KB (2,994 words) - 05:24, 26 August 2023
- === Zoroastrianism === * In their daily prayers, Zoroastrians commit themselves to pursuing three types of goodness: good thoughts, good words ...42 KB (5,963 words) - 06:44, 13 June 2023
- Persia dates back to the pre-Islam era. In Zoroastrianism, beautiful and clear writings were highly valued. [http://www.stanford.edu/~shahlamf/alphabet ...19 KB (2,750 words) - 18:29, 25 November 2023
- A mosque is a place of worship for Muslims (followers of Islam). Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, masjid (Arabic: مسجد ...42 KB (6,416 words) - 12:31, 7 May 2024
- or empires, and is probably where Zoroastrianism originated. ... Zoroaster, the prophet of Zoroastrianism, was born in the Balkh area ...43 KB (6,221 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- by Persian culture, specifically by Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrianism describes history as occurring in successive thousand-year periods, each of ...47 KB (6,873 words) - 18:00, 9 November 2022
- thumb|right|250px|Faravahar, the symbol of Zoroastrianism, which influenced Cyrus to the extent that it became the non-imposing religion of the Persian ...22 KB (3,584 words) - 07:28, 12 January 2024
