RELIGION

(Friso of the tomb of Artaxerxes You see a symbol of the god Ahura - Mazda within a disk winged)

The Persian religion underwent many changes over time. At first worshipped gods they represented natural forces and also took beliefs of the conquered peoples. In the seventh century a.C. Zaratustra called surge or a prophet Zoroaster who prosecuted the Persians in a monotheistic religion with trends. It maintained the existence of a higher god, Ahura Mazda, and the existence of good and evil principles as antagonistic. His teachings were collected by the holy book Avesta, which proposes a code of conduct of great moral courage, rejecting the sacrifices cruel and exalting the virtuosity and simplicity.