p1ch7culture

Name:Jhann Washington

 * **Theme** || **How does this theme apply to your civilization?** ||
 * Religions || * Zoroastrianism( popular all throughout the Persian empire)
 * earliest Persian religion
 * emerged from the teaching of Zarathustra
 * 100-500 C.E people from Christianity, Buddism,&Manichaeism converted to this religion
 * reflected the rich and the poor throughout the emppire( mainly the rich) because they supported this religion by building temples
 * influenced the beliefs and values of Judaism,Christianity,& Islam
 * Islam (destroyed Zoroastrianism in the 17th century) ||
 * Belief Systems, philosophies, and ideologies || * Zoroastianism
 * Ahura Mazda ( great and powerful God)
 * creator of all good things
 * an eternal and benefical spirit
 * Angra Mainyu( enemy God)
 * the destructive spirit/evil
 * believed that one day Ahura Mazda would destroy Angra Mainyu forever
 * people also worshiped the water, sun,moon,etc. ||
 * Science and Technology || * Technology was a fundemental aspect to the Persian civilzation
 * They experimented with Bronze and Iron mettalurgy
 * They carved large marble columns with limited tools and erected some of the largest monuments in ancient history ||
 * The arts and architecture || * Gathas
 * hymns of praise to Ahura Mazda
 * Magi
 * priests
 * learned the Zoroastrian teachings orally
 * till the Selecid dynasty they wrote religius texts and inserted them in the Avesta ( a building) ||