Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map (1906)
Jackson, A. V. Williams (Abraham Valentine Williams), 1862-1937 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 146
ust have beenreared in a state of society that showed marked and paradoxicalextremes. From the ancient records we may judge that the cul-ture, such as it was in those early times, was offset by extraor-dinary crudeness and barbarism ; and Media in some respectshas changed but little since then.… … A Persian Page THE PROPHET AND HIS TIME 69 separated stages may be seen in the Avesta itself. Thewattled hut of the peasant or the temporary habitation ofthe marauding nomad form a contrast to the palace of athousand columns which is incidentally referred to in thesacred text. The rude hovels are…
Zoroastrianism
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