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No one knows when and where Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) lived. Most scholars, however, believe that he was born in Central Asia sometime between 2000 BC to 1000 BC. This makes him one of the first religious leaders. It is said that when Zarathushtra was thirty, he saw a vision and decided to guide the people to Ahura Mazda, the Wise Lord. But the priests of the old religion didn't like his ideas. They tried to kill the Prophet and his family. So Zarathushtra had to flee his village. Eventually he found protection under King Vishtaspa, an early Iranian king, who accepted Zarathushtra's religion and let him spread his ideas.
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