He is known as Zartosht and Zardosht in Persian and Zaratosht in Gujarati. The name Zoroaster ( Ζωροάστηρ) is a Greek rendering of the Avestan name Zarathustra.
Īdditionally, the life force that originates from Ahura Mazda, known as Asha (truth, cosmic order), stands in opposition to Druj (falsehood, deceit). Middle Persian literature developed Angra Mainyu further into Ahriman, advancing him to be the direct adversary to Ahura Mazda. Though Ahura Mazda has no equal contesting force, Angra Mainyu (destructive spirit/mentality), whose forces are born from Aka Manah (evil thought), is considered to be the main adversarial force of the religion, standing against Spenta Mainyu (creative spirit/mentality). Zoroaster proclaimed that Ahura Mazda was the supreme creator, the creative and sustaining force of the universe through Asha, and that human beings are given a choice between supporting Ahura Mazda or not, making them ultimately responsible for their choices. The religious philosophy of Zoroaster divided the early Iranian gods of the Proto-Indo-Iranian tradition into emanations of the natural world as ahuras and daevas, the latter of which were not considered to be worthy of worship. The most important texts of Zoroastrianism are those contained within the Avesta, which includes the central writings thought to be composed by Zoroaster known as the Gathas, thst define the teachings of Zoroaster and which are poems within the liturgy of worship, the Yasna which serve as the basis for worship. Recent estimates place the current number of Zoroastrians in the world at around 110,000–120,000 at most, with the majority of this figure living in India, Iran, and North America their number has been thought to be declining. It served as the state religion of the ancient Iranian empires for more than a millennium (approximately from 600 BCE to 650 CE), but declined from the 7th century CE onwards as a direct result of the Arab-Muslim conquest of Persia (633–654 CE), which led to the large-scale persecution of the Zoroastrian people. With possible roots dating back to the 2nd millennium BCE, Zoroastrianism enters recorded history around the middle of the 6th century BCE.
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Historically, the unique features of Zoroastrianism, such as its monotheism, messianism, belief in free will and judgement after death, conception of heaven, hell, angels, and demons, among other concepts, may have influenced other religious and philosophical systems, including the Abrahamic religions and Gnosticism, Northern Buddhism, and Greek philosophy. Zoroastrianism exalts an uncreated and benevolent deity of wisdom known as Ahura Mazda ( lit. It has a dualistic cosmology of good and evil within the framework of a monotheistic ontology and an eschatology which predicts the ultimate conquest of evil by good.
Zoroastrianism or Mazdayasna is an Iranian religion and one of the world's oldest organized faiths, based on the teachings of the Iranian-speaking prophet Zoroaster (also known as Zaraθuštra in Avestan or as Zartosht in Persian). Yeah, I know, "whaddya want for nothing," "write yer own damn podcast".
So that's 14 episodes for a 16-week semester: totally doable !-) Islam in E and NE Africa: starring ibn Batuta and Zheng He! guest stars-Oman and Portugal! Perhaps as part of doing Indian Ocean Islam "for real"? placing a Aceh-to-Zanzibar axis parallel to your previously-presented Balkans-to-Bengal? (As a proud son of Terceira I'm biased, but I believe the Adal-Ethiopia-Ottoman-Portugal thing is "The Most Interesting War Most Folks Know Nothing About.") Which would merge naturally into. an episode on Islam-vs-rising-Europe 1453-c1700: Muscovy vs. the last episode#=10 would be split into (1) the Safavid/Mughal SW Asian complex (with all those Afghans, Bukharans, Turkmen etc in between-too bad Nader "The Man Who Broke the Mughals" Shah doesn't fit in your c600-c1700 chronology), and (2) the Ottomans (I mean, WTF, OHP ?-), who would also get a big share of.
Islam in Central Asia pre-and-post-the-Mongols would get its own episode, esp contact with China, Tibet, south Asia, Persia, (what is becoming) Russia, and the Persian/Turkish cultural split/blend.Ģ. That being said, in a More Perfect World,ġ. Great series! though I'm still waiting for the W Africa episode.
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