00867nam a22001937a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005804000090007304100120008208200180009410000160011224500400012826000340016830000230020236500250022552003740025065000310062470000180065520211021100745.0211021b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a1842121650  cAloy  aEnglish  223a295bZAED  aR C Zaehner  aDawn and twilight of zoroastrianism  aLondon bPhoenix Pressc 2002  a371p.bPBc23x16cm  b£16.99c£d£16.99  aThis classic account of Zoroastrianism is the most comprehensive survey of the religion available. The study's two sections correspond to the two periods of Zoroastrian greatness in its homeland, Iran: the first occurred around 588 BC, during the Achaemenian Empire, and the second during the Empire of the Sassanians (225-652 AD), which long rivaled the might of Rome.  a Zoroastrianism -- History  aZAEHNER (R C)