Who was Zarathushtra?
Zarathushtra was born in Iran, probably in the region of the Sry Darya or Oxus River in Central Asia of Eastern Iranian stock. There is controversy about the time when Zarathushtra lived. At one time western scholars believed that he lived around 6th century BCE, but today most scholars believe that he lived around 1700 BCE. This would make Zoroastrianism the oldest of the prophetic and monistic religions.
