The Persian Empire included many religions. Most had no concept oflife after death, being centred on daily life.

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Those who sought a life after death became members of mysterycults, but entry to these was costly and operated at cult centreswhich few people could afford to access, in both money and travelbarriers.

Some mystery cults began to travel to the customers and so morecould join in. They included the mystery cults of Mithra, Jesus,Isis, Osiris etc. The Jesus cult (now Christianity) wasparticularly successful as it travelled to all countries, was cheapand even women and slaves could join.

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