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.

75 From the book: A STORY OF THE GREATEST LIES 20 The son of the Edomite Antipater, the Roman procurator of Judea, Herod, who received Roman citizenship, appeared before the Roman Senate and was elected king of Judea. In 37 BC, with the help of Roman troops, he took Jerusalem. He was named Herod the Great for the numerous construction of cities, fortresses, harbor, amphitheater, port, citadel, and most importantly, for the expansion and reconstruction of the Second Jerusalem Temple.

Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who came to power, decided to introduce Greek culture, religion, and language by force. The Jerusalem Temple became in 167 BC the sanctuary of Olympian Zeus. Pagan sacrifices were offered in the Temple. An outburst of anger turned into an armed uprising. He led the uprising of 166 BC. Priest Mattathias from the Hasmonean clan. After his death, his son, Judas, became the leader of the rebels. The troops sent to pacify the rebels were defeated.

72: From the book: THE HISTORY OF THE GREATEST LIES 17 Between the diadochi, wars took place for the territories that included Judea. It was the border area between the two empires. There were significant military contingents here. Important trade routes from India, southern Arabia, and Egypt passed here. Judea passed from hand to hand, suffered economically. Numerous settlers from Greece created Greek settlements and cities.

71: From the book: HISTORY OF THE GREATEST LIES 16 WORLD EMPIRE BC In ancient Mesopotamia, there was a vast Persian Empire, occupied territories on three continents. From modern Afghanistan and Pakistan in Asia, the Balkan Peninsula of Thrace and Macedonia, Egypt, the countries of the Middle East, and the Arabian Peninsula. Alexander the Great, in 334 BC, began the defeat of the Persian Empire by 330 BC. Captured the most important cities of Persia, Susa, and Persepolis.

67: From the book: HISTORY OF THE GREATEST LIES 12 The Sumerians gave the world cuneiform. Clay tablets on which they wrote with sharpened sticks but rather squeezed out the texts in the form of wedges. Cuneiform writing has spread to many cultures. The finished tablets with the text were dried and fired in an oven. The Sumerian-Akkadian culture of writing on clay tablets was used in almost all languages ​​of Mesopotamia.

66: From the book: THE STORY OF THE GREATEST LIES 11 The Torah (Law) records the fundamental concept of the "chosen people", the contract with God, which left Abraham and his descendants the country of Canaan, and Abraham pledged to honor only this God and fulfill all his prescriptions. Fulfilling his promise, God, with the help of Moses, leads the people out of Egyptian slavery, gives them the Ten Commandments in the desert, and gives Moses the opportunity to write laws in his Pentateuch.

65: From the book: HISTORY OF THE GREAT LODGE 10 Babylonian captivity We can trace the further history of the Jews from the Torah, translated into Latin and Greek. There are no other reliable sources. Various myths of the peoples inhabiting Mesopotamia of that period, similar to the records in the Torah and written in cuneiform among the peoples inhabiting ancient Mesopotamia, suggest events that took place at the dawn of human civilization.

64: From the book: HISTORY OF THE GREATEST LIES 9 After the death of King Solomon, his son Rehoboam could not keep the country from decay. As a result, the country was divided into two kingdoms. North - Israel, and South - Judea. In the eighth century BC. e. Assyrian king Tiglathpalasar III attacked the Northern Kingdom of Israel, ruined it, and took most of the population into captivity. An inscription has survived, which indicates the number of prisoners, 13,520, whom he took away.

62: From the book: THE STORY OF THE GREATEST LIES 7 The transition from paganism to polytheism took a long time, retaining the influence on the previous rituals and traditions of worshiping new deities. Even moving on to worship a single god, the Jews continued the traditions and rituals of totemic pagan traditions during prayers. Ritual dances with the Torah scrolls, which replaced the sacred totem.