HIST 2070 Lecture Notes - Zoroastrianism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 2070
• Professor: Norman Smith

Document Summary

There is not much that is known about zoroastrianism, and of what we do know, much is legend or from guessing. Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing what is true of the religion. One thing that researchers of zoroastrianism know for sure is that cyrus the great, a persian king back in the mid-6th century bce was a devout follower and supporter of zoroastrianism during his time of rule. (smith, 2013). Cyrus the great took the zoroastrian beliefs of an ongoing battle between good versus evil where good is victorious and allowed and even helped those religions during his reign. For zoroastrianism, the most prominent of the four elements is the dogma/doctrine of the religion. The dogma/doctrine of a religion means the official theology of the religion. This can range from very general and vague concepts, to specific rules and exceptional details.