CIVILIZATION
ASSYRIAN
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Question
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What was contained in the Avesta?
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prayers, hymns, and other writings
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laws about slaves and other conquered people
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chants, laws, and accounts
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marriage laws and divorce laws
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Avesta is in five parts. Its religious core is a collection of songs or hymns, the Gāthās, thought to be in the main the very words of Zarathushtra.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Avesta contains the original compositions attributed to Zoroaster as well as ecclesiastical laws, commentaries, customs, & beliefs.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Avesta (/əˈvɛstə/) is the primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language.
Detailed explanation-4: -As we now have it, the Avesta consists of five parts-the Yasna, the Vispered, the Vendidad, the Yashts, and the Khordah Avesta.
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