What are characteristics of yellow journalism

A type of journalism that presents really no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses exaggerated headlines to sell more newspapers. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism.

it was made because he wanted to try to make people convert as well people who would have read or studied this item at the time it was created were probably people who wanted to change religions who thought conversion was a good idea.

2018 means 2018 ce or common era

there have been other eras too including bce, which included way more years.