Zoroastrianism takes shape on the Iranian plateau
The teachings attributed to Zarathustra framed life as a struggle between truth (asha) and falsehood (druj), centered on one wise lord, Ahura Mazda.
Why it matters
Zoroastrianism made ethics cosmic and personal: thoughts, words and deeds are weighed. It shaped Persian imperial ideology and influenced Jewish, and through it Christian and Islamic, ideas of judgment, heaven and evil.
People
Zarathustra
Related events
Sources
- Encyclopædia Britannica — Zoroastrianism