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Zoroastrianism was created by [[Zoroaster]] around 1200 B.C.. The religion was popular amongst the tribes of [[Persia]], though was popularized when it was made the state religion of the [[Sassanid Empire]]. It quickly declined when the forces of Islam overran Persia and the population became Islamic. In the 21<sup>st</sup> century, Zoroastrianism is practiced by around 140,000 people around the world.<ref>[http://www.religioustolerance.org/zoroastr.htm Zoroastrianism]</ref>
Zoroastrianism was created by [[Zoroaster]] around 1200 B.C.. The religion was popular amongst the tribes of [[Persia]], though was popularized when it was made the state religion of the [[Sassanid Empire]]. It quickly declined when the forces of Islam overran Persia and the population became Islamic. In the 21<sup>st</sup> century, Zoroastrianism is practiced by around 140,000 people around the world.<ref>[http://www.religioustolerance.org/zoroastr.htm Zoroastrianism]</ref>
The religion has had formative influence on the [[Abrahamic_religions|Abrahamic]] and Vedic religions and Buddhism.
The religion has had formative influence on the [[Abrahamic_religions|Abrahamic]] and Vedic religions and Buddhism.
The religion itself is practiced by very few nowadays, but, in history, it has had its influence on other religions.
Some of the religion's contributions to [[Christianity]] are: The practices of baptism, communion (for [[Catholic_church|Catholics]]) , the idea of guardian angles and of the journey of the soul to heaven or hell, and the [[Trinity]]<ref> pre-islamic Persian Studies: Zoroastrian influence: www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Religions/iranian/Zarathushtrian/zoroastrianism_influence.htm</ref>
Zoroastrianism and monotheistic [[Judaism]] developed at the same time: at the time of the [[Exodus]], the Jewish people were clearly polytheistic (witness [[Exodus]] or [[Baal|Judges]]), and became monotheistic later, at a time Zarathustra also had professed his monotheism. According to the "Documentary Hypothesis" an important part of our [[Old_Testament|Old Testament]] was written when the Jewish people were in exile, in the 6th century b.C., and open to Persian influence.
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