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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Zoroastrianism"”.
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The impact of Zoroastrianism upon Judaism and Christianity
… as a factor in the developmental precedence of Zoroastrianism. The influence of Zoroaster is extended through literature, ethics and the munificence of the Persian court in Babylon. The Jews are suggested to have been, "a discouraged, disorganized and bitter lot", when taken to Babylon. The …
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Creating Shade in Arid Climates: A Welcoming Landscape Based on Zoroastrian Beliefs for the Towers of Silence
… public space. Towers of silence inherited from Zoroastrianism are stone cylindrical structures located on top of the hills within infertile land located south east of the city of Yazd. This historic site brings visitors from around the world every year but the microclimate of the site it is not …
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Iranian Leadership Ideals: A Culturally-based Leadership Approach
… with Western societies and the influences of Zoroastrianism and Islam have resulted in significant cultural transformation and diversity in the country. However, many cultural elements have survived in spite of profound social challenges and changes and a distinct culture has evolved with …
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Mobile People, Mobile God: Mobile Societies, Monotheism, and the Effects of Ecological Landscapes on the Development of Ancient Religions
… comparative case studies (primarily: Judaism, Zoroastrianism; and including the religions: Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Kikuyu, Maasai, and Lakota) and a dataset of temple sites of the greater Near East through the Iron Age, which are in established archaeological record, digitally mapped in ArcGIS, …
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Natural Law Theory Under the Sun How Iranian Political Thought Viewed Tyranny as Opposed to The West
… foundational concept. However, the ascendancy of Zoroastrianism and its new theology led to the consolidation of all Indo-Iranian gods into the singular omnipotent deity, Ahura Mazdā. Ahura Mazdā, along with its prophet Zaraθuštra, possessed the authority to govern both earthly life and the …
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The visual and spatial structure in Mughal urban design: the 16th century city of Fatehpur Sikri, India
… was a synthesis of Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Zoroastrianism and Christianity. The plan of Fatehpur Sikri is analyzed in the framework of the mandala, a Hindu concept of architectural spatial planning and town planning. The research concludes however, that the plan was not developed within this …
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Zoroastrian Philosophy in the Islamic World
This dissertation describes a school of Zoroastrian philosophy that flourished in the 8th to 10th centuries of the Common Era. It is the first analysis of the school in terms of its own definitions, distinctions, and argument patterns. The school is named the Dēnkard School after the central extant …
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Giving Architecture to Fire
For centuries, fire has been a sacred symbol from the eastern cultures to western regions. As one of the four states of matter, fire represents the great essence in our daily lives as an energy source with its warmth, light and aura, kindling feelings of truth and spirituality within us. In his …
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Mobile Societies, Mobile Religions: On the Ecological Roots of Two Religions Deemed Monotheistic
<p>How do environments affect the generation and development of religions? The investigation taken up in this dissertation is one attempt to address this question. This work focuses on one comparative case study: the potential causal relationship between agriculturally marginal landscapes and the …