76 From the book: History Of The Greatest Lies 21 CHRISTIANITY Further, the history of the Jews seemed to split in two. For the Jews themselves, the people's history at the junction of two eras will remain the history of opposition to the Roman conquerors. Rome, which became the largest and most powerful empire in the world, subjugated everyone and everything, turning countries, and peoples into vassals paying tribute to their master. Tiny Judea constantly rebelled against the mighty militarized octopus, squeezing Europe, Asia, and Africa in its rings. For the rest of the world, this was the moment of the birth of a new religion, which was destined to conquer the ancient world and extend its undeniable influence not only to the already existing countries and continents but even to the huge continent of America discovered 15 centuries later. The epochs were divided into before and after the birth of the new God, the Son of Jesus Christ. Ironically, his birth is counted by followers as a new era in the history of humankind from the first year of our era. (new era or our era from the birth of Jesus Christ). Everything that happened before this birth counts down to the depths of the past, B.C. in the countdown.