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Iranian religion founded by Zoroaster
About Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrianism was founded by Zoroaster, also known as Zarathrustra, though many of the traditions in the religion have roots that go back centuries earlier. There is no scholarly consensus on when Zoroaster lived, and estimates vary wildly from the 2nd millennium B.C. to the 6th century B.C. It is believed that Zoroaster had founded the religion by challenging many of the existing traditions of the then-dominant ancient Indo-Iranian religion. From about 650 B.C. to A.D. 600, Zoroastrianism was the dominant religion in thePersian Empire. and influenced both the Abrahamic religions to the west and the Dharmic religions to the east. It was the state religion of numerous ancient Persian empires prior to Muslim conquest of Persia. Zoroastrianism gradually declined after the Islamic conquest of
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