Explore Zoroastrianism in Age of Empires IV, a monotheistic religion founded by Zarathustra around 600 B.C. that influenced Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
The Persian kings and nobility in Age of Empires IV were followers of Zoroastrianism, a religion named after its founder, Zarathustra (known as Zoroaster in Greek). Zarathustra conceived his religion around 600 B.C., and it later exerted considerable influence on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Zoroastrianism was a monotheistic faith, focusing on a single supreme god who was the creator of all material and spiritual existence. The religion posited that the forces of good and evil were active in human lives, requiring individuals to make constant choices between them. Following God's judgment after death, eternal afterlife experiences of pleasure or torment were the potential outcomes. These ideas—monotheism, the conflict between good and evil, free will, and the concepts of posthumous reward or punishment—represented a significant shift from the polytheistic religions previously dominant in the region. These concepts profoundly impacted subsequent religions.
- Understand the influence of Zoroastrianism on other major world religions.
- Note that Zarathustra founded the religion around 600 B.C.
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