Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #31 China
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Jack and Annie share information about China, the Great Wall, Chinese New Year, and other Chinese traditions. The coauthor is Natalie Pope Boyce.
Nora Elizabeth Mary Boyce bola britská profesorka iránskych štúdií so špecializáciou na zoroastrizmus a súvisiace jazyky. Jej akademická kariéra sa sústredila na štúdium náboženstiev a lingvistiku, najmä na skúmanie starovekých iránskych náboženstiev a ich literárnych tradícií. Jej práca prehĺbila naše porozumenie týmto dôležitým náboženským systémom. Bola uznávanou odborníčkou na manicheizmus a zoroastrizmus.



Jack and Annie share information about China, the Great Wall, Chinese New Year, and other Chinese traditions. The coauthor is Natalie Pope Boyce.
This book seeks to establish that Zoroaster, the great Iranian prophet, founded his religion about 1200 B.C. It flourished thereafter as the faith of empires, and sank to that of a bitterly persecuted minority. But through all changes of fortunes, it is argued here, his followers remained faithful to their ancient faith to be still living in the twentieth century. --- from book's back cover