Zoroastrianism Is Best Described as

question 36

Multiple Choice

Zoroastrianism is best described as

• A)the Babylonian astrological system.
• B)Egypt's experiment in monotheism.
• C)the Persian religion that stressed ethics; envisioned a cosmic battle between good and evil; and promised eternity in paradise to those who chose good and eternal torment to those who chose evil.
• D)the monotheistic religion whose god expelled humankind from paradise, nearly ended the world with a flood, and established a special relationship with one nation.
• E)a dramatic departure from the political and cultural universalism of the Persian empire.