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Babylon: From Captivity To Persian Colonialism; by jantavanta(m): 4:34pm On Dec 16, 2013
The name "Babylon" evokes a feeling of a time in history when the Hebrews were supposedly freed by the Persians
under the reign of the Black Persian King Kurush II/Cyrus II who conquered Babylon in 539 BCE



The religion of the Persians (who were Black People by then) was Zoroastrianism, and their name for their god was "Ahura Mazda". The symbol for their religion - Not their God - was the "Faravahar". "Ahriman", 'the adversary' of Ahura Mazda would later be incorporated by the Hebrews as שטן – “satan” also meaning 'the adversary'

A literary examination of the Torah and Old testament of the Bible show that we have two groups of texts that point at Pre-Exilic and Post-Exilic texts. The Pre-Exilic Texts were written before Babylonian captivity. The concept of God was that of a Tribal God, vengeful, giving orders to go and kill and take people's wives. But in the Post-Exilic texts, the concept of god becomes that of a much nicer God who is universal in appeal and is represented by Fire symbolism (Lord answereth by fire, Daniel & friends tested by fire, mountain of fire, etc)

The Persian religion of Zoroastrianism, was dominated by Fire Philosophy. In freeing the Hebrews and sponsoring the re-building of the Temple of Jerusalem, the Persians have played the role of colonial masters who pay the piper and dictate the tune. Other theological elements that the Hebrews were coerced cajoled or co-opted into absorbing from Zoroastrianism are

1) Dualistic belief in an adversary of God; a Personification of Evil
2) Belief in angels & demons
3) Day of Judgement
4) Celestial City to be lowered from above
5) Dislike for images
6) Heaven and Hell fire
7) Resurrection of the dead

In Zoroastrianism, all dead people would one day be resurrected and passed through a river of hot molten metal in order to purify them for eternal life.

The Persian colonial masters of the Hebrews wanted to from the Hebrew religion/people to have a Persian flavour the same way our British colonial masters wanted to form Nigerian colonial subjects in the worldview and character of the British.
The Hebrews were taught to forget their Ancient Egyptian roots just like we have been taught that Oduduwa came from Mecca and Bayajidda came from Baghdad.
Re: Babylon: From Captivity To Persian Colonialism; by jantavanta(m): 4:37pm On Dec 18, 2013
King Artaxerxes’ I Letter to Ezra

Ezra 7:11 "The letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest, a teacher of the Law, a man learned in matters concerning the commands and decrees of the Lord for Israel........."

Ezra 7:12-26 is in Aramaic language. Aramaic was used as an official language of the Persian administration http://www.heritageinstitute.com/zoroastrianism/achaemenian/darius2.htm#language

http://www.heritageinstitute.com/zoroastrianism/history/timelines.htm

In the letter from King Artakhshassa/Artaxerxes I (465-425 BC), Ezra is funded to administer Justice and given the authority to punish by death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment, anyone (Hebrews included) who does not obey the law of the Persian King.



The Immortals - Achaemenian elite soldiers. Notice they are Black People
Photo Credit: dynamosquito at Flickr.
At Pavilion Sully at the Louvre museum, Paris, France

The law of the Persian King would be based on the law of the Persian culture [and religion], just as the law of Nigeria's colonial government was based on the law of the Queen of England.

Ezra was the equivalent of Nigeria's colonial Governor-Generals, funded to serve the interest of the colonizer, learned in the chosen Zoroastrian Lord for Israel. Therefore, Ezra was a Persian who was learned in the Persian Zoroastrian and Hebrew Laws and learned enough to mould the Hebrews into a Persian flavour by modifying their Torah to reflect the Laws of the Persians.
Re: Babylon: From Captivity To Persian Colonialism; by jantavanta(m): 12:37pm On Dec 25, 2013
Black Hebrews in the captivity of Black Assyrians in Babylon before they were freed by Cyrus II King of Black Persia



The Zigurrat of Nabonidus
The Hebrew myth of the Tower of Babel entered their Scriptures during their captivity in Babylon. It originated from the reconstruction of the Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu by Babylonian King Nabonidus.



Sumerian King Enmerker began the building of the Zigurrat as Biblical Nimrod.
Unlike the Egyptians, the Sumerians did not build pyramids, instead they built Ziggurats.
Re: Babylon: From Captivity To Persian Colonialism; by jantavanta(m): 4:20pm On Jan 02, 2014
Descendants of the Original Black Persians

Do not expect to see these images on satellite TV, not even on Al-jazeera channel.





The media would want you to believe that these are descendants of slaves from Africa. The original Black Persians have almost disappeared as a result of centuries of invasion and recently, political and media obfuscation in favour of the Turkish people who now claim to be the original Persians. A similar thing has taken place in Egypt.
Re: Babylon: From Captivity To Persian Colonialism; by jantavanta(m): 4:23pm On Jan 02, 2014
The beginning of White European Judaism

The Arabs continued their wars with Rome, these wars also had a religious overtone. One group caught in the middle were the "Khazars". These were members of a confederation of Turkic-speaking tribes that had, in the late 6th century A.D, established a major commercial Empire covering the Caucasus region of Russia. The Khazars and Arabs fought each other in Armenia and other places.

There was apparently pressure on the Khazars from their allies the Romans, to convert to Christianity, while at the same time, there was also pressure put on them by the Arabs to accept Islam. The Khazars did neither, instead they chose the Hebrew religion, which they knew to be a choice that both sides would have to respect, since both of their religions were based on the Hebrew religion. The prominence and influence of the Khazar state was reflected in its close relations with the Byzantine Emperors: Justinian II (704) and Constantine V (732) each had a Khazar wife.

Itil the Khazar capital in the Volga delta was a great commercial center. The Khazar Empire fell when Sviatoslav, duke of Kiev Russia (945–72), and son of Igor and of St. Olga; defeated its army in 965 A.D. The Khazars are the progenitors of European Jewry, the entomology of the term Jew or Jewish probably relates to these people.

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