Definition: This faith originated in Ancient Persia and is considered by some to be one of the first movements toward monotheism.
Example: Ahura Mazda and Ahriman.

Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, the correct response would be "Iraq," since the base of the Persian Empire was what is now present-day Iraq in the Middle East.  

Explanation:

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the correct answer is a) egypt and china.

egypt and china are two of the world’s oldest civilizations known by man. both ancient empires have left a great historic and cultural legacy to the world through archeology. both civilzations developed complex social relations, had deep religious beliefs, had dominion of agriculture and left writing records to understand their customs and culture.

among the requirements to consider a civilization, we find urbanization, writing records, a place of residence, agriculture methods, technological specialization, means of transportation, currency, population density, social stratification, and political integration.