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Zoroastrianism is one of the most ancient religions of the world. At one time it was the dominant religion of Iran and adjoining regions. Its popularity declined when the Islamic invaders occupied Iran and introduced Islam. A handful few who fled from Iran, after the fall of the Sassanid Empire, to escape persecution in the hands of the new rules took shelter in India. They are known today in India as Parsis, a small community that has been persistently striving ever since to keep the tenets of the religion alive, despite hardships and lack of following.
Apart from them, a few people in Iran continue to practice Zoroastrianism. They enjoy a minority status in Iran, an Islamic nation, with a limited degree of freedom to practice their religion. The total number of people practicing Zoroastrianism in the world today would be around 250000 of whom 80% live in India and the rest in various parts of the world including the USA. Although Zoroastrianism lost its status as a popular world religion, its study and knowledge are very useful for our understanding of the development of religious thought in the ancient world and how its important beliefs and practices have parallels in other religions such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Hinduism. The following are some of the important beliefs of Zoroastrianism.
Answer:
D
Explanation:
Liberia was a place setted up by the Americans to return the African slaves back to Africa.
One way in which humanism contributed to the Scientific Revolution was that "<span>Humanism inspired the idea that knowledge could be gained through the evidence provided by human senses and reasoning," since a great deal of focus was taken away from the Church during this time. </span>
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is the “Axum kingdom”.</span>
Axum now Ethiopia was the
first African kingdom to fully embrace Christianity. This kingdom became a
major center for the religion and as home to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Being
a wealthy, powerful, and internationally-respected state, it was seen as the
first real Christian success story and ideal model for other kingdoms.
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Answer:
c) Texas had to agree to abolish slavery
Explanation:
Texas war ready to join the United States of America as its territory in 1836, when it got independent from Mexico. But there were some reasons its annexation as delayed until 1845. One of those reason was that Texas had to abolish slavery.
Many northerners believed that with Texas, south would add another slave state and this would ruin the balance between slave and free states. Thus, Texas was first asked to abolish slavery in order to be annexed.
