We truly do not know when and where Prophet Zoroaster was born or when King Vishtāspa, the first ruler to grant royal patronage ruled the ancient Chorasmia Federation. Whatever recorded history might have been was destroyed when Alexander and his men set fire to Darius’ Palace in Persepolis and later more with the passage of time. We depend now on Greek sources which dates Zoroaster as far back to 7500 B.C.E. or legends which dates it to about 600 B.C.E. The language of the Gāthās is difficult to interpret. To date we have 26 major translations and they all interpret it differently. This suggests that writing a brief history, will not be an easy task. Books on religion can be divided in to two categories. For the academic community and for the faith community. This little book is not for the academic community. Simply put it is for the lay person, the faith community, is in less than 100 readable pages and under the prevailing circumstances as authoritative as it can be.weiterlesen