Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
" . . . but it's interesting that the Persians developed the ideas of a last judgment, of paradise and hell, and an emphasis on ethical conduct, similar to the three great monotheistic faiths we know today." [Persian Empire, p. 108] Darius I established Zoroastrianism as the state religion. [National Geographic Concise History, p. 78] "The archaic language of his few extant hymns strongly suggests that he lived no later than 1000 B.C.E., probably closer to 1200, and possible as early as the 1300s, although some scholars state that his use of archaic language indicates only that he drew from much earlier rituals." [Human Record to 1500, p. 80] "Renewed interest in Zoroastrianism developed towards the end of the Parthian Empire (238 BC-AD 224), and it was taken up as the official religion of the Sassanian Empire, where it flourished until the arrival of Islam in the 7th century." [Oxford Atlas of World History, p. 45] Moses and Zoroaster may have effected a transformation in the Mideast after the Bronze Age collapse. The Bronze Age collapse is described in "1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed" by Eric H. Cline.