... Gods agree to a period of peace that will last 9,000 years. During the first three thousand years Ahura Mazda creates angels, good spirits and Fravashis. These Fravashis are the original heavenly images of men living in the upper world. During the next three thousand years ... the progression of the religion occurred when Zoroaster converted Vishtaspa, the king of Persia. He also converted the king's son, his brother, his counsellor and his grand vizier. Zoroaster married two other women along with the counsellor's daughter. Zoroaster was killed at the age of seventy-seven by Ardshataspa...

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... . Zoroaster's birth date, along with whether his religion is actually monotheistic, is a subject of great debate. The opinions concerning his birth, and consequently about the beginning of this great religion, range from as early as 6000 years before Plato to as late as 500 BC. In any ... milestone in the progression of the religion occurred when Zoroaster converted Vishtaspa, the king of Persia. He also converted the king's son, brother, counselor, and grand vizier. Zoroaster married, along with two other women, the counselor's daughter. Zoroaster was killed at the age of seventy-seven ...

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... . Zoroaster's birth date, along with whether his religion is actually monotheistic, is a subject of great debate. The opinions concerning his birth, and consequently about the beginning of this great religion, range from as early as 6000 years before Plato to as late as 500 BC. In any ... milestone in the progression of the religion occurred when Zoroaster converted Vishtaspa, the king of Persia. He also converted the king's son, brother, counselor, and grand vizier. Zoroaster married, along with two other women, the counselor's daughter. Zoroaster was killed at the age of seventy-seven ...

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... milestone in the progression of the religion occurred when Zoroaster converted Vishtaspa,the king of Persia. He also converted the king's son, brother, counsellor, and grand vizier. Zoroaster married, along with two other women, the counsellor's daughter. Zoroaster was killed at the age of seventy-seven by Ardshataspa, a ... who reigned from 521-485 B.C.E. Another view holds that Zoroaster lived 258 years before Alexander the Great; he would have therefore lived between 570 and 500 B.C.E. The Greeks tend to place him six thousand years before Plato. Ahura Mazda, while not necessarily di...

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