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1. "488-528 A.D. - Mazdak was the founder of the philosophy called Mazdakism. He was the son of Bamdad who was a Zoroastrian priest and started preaching his doctrines. Mazdak believed in equal rights among human beings and advocated abolition of private property, the division of wealth, as well as nonviolence and vegetarianism. His ideas brought about a major class struggle between the peasants and the nobility. The followers of Mazdak raided the Palaces and Harems of the rich who, he believed, had oppressed the Persian population and caused much poverty. Mazdak embarked on a program of social reform and equal rights, which involved pacifism, anti-clericalism (anti-religious) and aid programs for helping the poor. Mazdak had government warehouses opened to help the poor. Mazdak emphasized good conduct, which involved a moral and ascetic life, no killing and not eating flesh and being kind and friendly and living in peace with other people. The leaders of the feudalist society and the political ranks staged several conspiracies that led to the total elimination of Mazdakism in 528 A.D. Mazdakism is believed to be the first form of socialism (communalism and populism) 1360 years before Marx published his famous manifest. Mazdak is considered to be the world's first “communist/socialist.""
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