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en-wikipedia-org-2413		Zoroastrianism - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	15013	1785	66	It is a multi-faceted faith centered on a dualistic cosmology of good and evil and an eschatology predicting the ultimate conquest of evil with theological elements of henotheism, monotheism/monism, and polytheism.[4][5][6][7] Ascribed to the teachings of the Iranian-speaking spiritual leader Zoroaster (also known as Zarathustra),[8] it exalts an uncreated and benevolent deity of wisdom, Ahura Mazda (Wise Lord), as its supreme being.[9] Historical features of Zoroastrianism, such as messianism, judgment after death, heaven and hell, and free will may have influenced other religious and philosophical systems, including Second Temple Judaism, Gnosticism, Greek philosophy,[10] Christianity, Islam,[11] the Bahá'í Faith, and Buddhism.[12] With possible roots dating back to the second millennium BCE, Zoroastrianism enters recorded history in the 5th century BCE.[13] It served as the state religion of the ancient Iranian empires for more than a millennium, from around 600 BCE to 650 CE, but declined from the 7th century onwards following the Muslim conquest of Persia of 633–654.[14] Recent estimates place the current number of Zoroastrians at around 110,000–120,000[1] at most with the majority living in India, Iran, and North America; their number has been thought to be declining.[15][16]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2413.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2413.txt