455: Legendary Queen
Nowadays, the fiery eyes, the body of King Kong, and the Five Elements Escape Technique are all the sixth realm, the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder is the fifth heaven, and the Dharma Heaven and Earth are still the fourth, as for the Taiyin True Fire, Samadhi Divine Wind, three heads and six arms, because they have just mastered, they are all in the initial stage, Xia Yu can be cast, but there is no realm to speak of, so next, he also needs to spend a while to cultivate!
At this time, the sun has risen, and I am ready to go home today, but since I have come to this world-class ancient city with a strong historical atmosphere, it is inevitable that it is a pity to leave without sightseeing, so Xia Yu is ready to go out and walk around!
Ancient Egypt is one of the world's four major civilizations, is the world's earliest dynastic empire, here is also the birthplace of mathematics and geometry, Cairo as the capital, has a history of thousands of years, as one of the world's oldest cities, Cairo is also so far, suffered the least damage to the ancient city of the slightest, after successive dynasties and governments continue to build and expand, the formation of today's ancient and modern coexistence, each other reflect each other's big city. Because ancient Babylon, the ancient Mayan kingdom, Atlantis have all been destroyed, Rome, Chang'an, these ancient cities have also suffered devastating destruction!
Feng Shui takes turns, and the nations that were strong in the past will be bullied later!
When the Tang Dynasty was prosperous, the English scum lived in a primitive society, their clans and tribes had just disintegrated, the productive forces had developed, the land had only become private property at this time, and the group of nobles had just appeared, at that time, in the eyes of their scum, the Tang Dynasty in the East was a sacred land, everyone yearned for this mysterious and powerful country, the silk, porcelain, bronze, tea, only the royal family and nobles were eligible to enjoy, they felt that the and fart of the Oriental people were fragrant!
At that time, a copy of "Marco Polo's Travels" was widely circulated in Europe, which aroused the enthusiasm of Europeans for the Orient, making them salivate and feel that the Orient was full of gold, which laid the groundwork for the opening of new routes in the future.
At the end of the 15th century, there were three main trade routes from the West to the East. One by land, two by sea. The overland route is the traditional Silk Road. As for the sea route, one runs from Syria and the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea through the valley of the two rivers to the Persian Gulf. The other runs from Egypt to the Persian Gulf via the Red Sea, and then to India and China.
These trade routes would have had to pass through merchants from Italy, Arabia, Byzantium, and Persia before they could reach Western Europe. However, in the middle of the 15th century, the Ottoman Turkish Empire rose up, occupied Asia Minor and the Balkan Peninsula successively, controlled traditional trade routes, and imposed heavy taxes on passing goods, so that the goods arriving in Western Europe were not only small in quantity, but also 8-10 times higher than the original price.
From producers to wholesalers, to distributors, to self-employed individuals, and finally to customers, it has changed hands several times, and the price has increased several times. These stupid people in the West feel that they are too much of a loss and want to develop the "Taobao" model. So the merchants and aristocrats of Western Europe were eager to find a new route that bypassed the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and could reach China and India directly, so that their grandchildren could buy the goods of their Oriental fathers at the fairest price!
It was in this environment, as well as the endless yearning for the East, that led to the later Age of Discovery. As a result, after the advent of this great era, the West rose strongly, and launched a crazy and brutal colonial plunder, and then surpassed the Oriental father in just a few hundred years!
Speaking of which, our great East has also made an indelible contribution to the opening of the Age of Discovery for the West, because the compass was invented by us, and later passed through the hands of the Arabs and was transmitted to Europe in the 14th century. In addition, Zheng He went to the West and set a great example for the West. During the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He went to the West seven times and visited more than 30 countries and regions. This "visit" can be described as a cow fork is not good, every time I go to a place, let others see, we are all trembling in the East, kneel and lick it, and then all kinds of show off, pretend to be a wave of comparison and then leave, chic is not good!
It was under the influence of the Oriental Father that the West opened the Age of Discovery, but people are not visiting pretends, but plundering and robbing, we are more noble, gentlemen, and personable, they are robbers, shameless, and despicable. Portugal was targeting Asia and Africa, while Spain was targeting the Americas, and Britain was later joining them. Gold, silver, spices, ivory, pearls, precious stones—whatever is valuable, they do not rob. Then the Westerners used this looted wealth to trade with China, which led to a large amount of gold and silver, which flowed to Europe!
Then, feeling that he was invincible in the world, in fact, he was stupid to the ruler of the Qing Dynasty, because of the increasingly frequent trade between China and foreign countries, coupled with the continuous occurrence of people's anti-Qing uprisings, worried that outsiders and Han people would unite against the Qing Dynasty, and then implemented a "retreat policy" that shook the past and the present, sang and cried, and was vigorous. Qianlong once said: "The Celestial Empire is rich in products and has everything, and it does not borrow foreign goods to pass through what is available." He also said: "Folk customs are easy to be noisy, and foreign businessmen are mixed, which will cause trouble." "Then close the country and cut off all ties with the West!
As a result, in 1840, Britain directly used artillery to blast open the door of China!
If you don't trade with us, Lao Tzu will come to rob it directly!
The great China was thus destroyed in the hands of the Manchus!
Xia Yu couldn't help but sigh and sigh, if he lived in that era, he would definitely not stand idly by, he would definitely beat these scum in the West into shit, and then lead the Great East to glory.
It's a pity that he lives in this era of peace and prosperity!
When talking to Athena before, she said that this is the trend of the times, the progress of civilization, the change of dynasties, and the way of heaven, not that there is no ability to stop it, but that no one is willing to stand up and stop it, because it will go against the way of heaven!
The way of heaven is ethereal, but it is real, this is the same as karma, you can't believe it, if you don't take the way of heaven seriously, and thus do something that goes against the way of heaven, then you will be punished by the way of heaven!
Therefore, no one wants to stop what is caused by the Heavenly Dao!
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Egypt is most famous for the pyramids, followed by the Valley of the Kings, which was the main mausoleum area for pharaohs and nobles during the New Dynasty of ancient Egypt, with more than 60 imperial tombs. In addition, there is the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak, of which Karnak is the greatest remaining ancient temple complex in the world.
Those ancient Greek temples in Athens were badly damaged and unrecognizable, but these temples in Egypt, although they have also suffered a certain degree of damage, are relatively well preserved compared to Athens. Nowadays, it is a world-famous tourist destination, with hundreds of thousands of tourists coming here every year!
In the history of ancient Egypt, the most famous pharaoh should belong to Ramses II of the 19th Dynasty, and his tomb is in the Valley of the Kings. It is worth mentioning that the queen of the pharaoh, Nefertari, was known as the most beautiful woman, so after her death, she was also worshipped as a goddess.
For the ancient Egyptians, the afterlife was extremely important, believing that life was only a temporary residence and that after death was a permanent enjoyment, so the ancient Egyptians regarded the underworld as a continuation of earthly life. Under the influence of this "afterlife concept", the ancient Egyptians began to prepare tombs for the afterlife when they were alive, and decorated the tombs with various objects in order to gain eternal life after death, so those pharaohs would build pyramids and make mummies after death!
But in the history of ancient Egypt, the most mysterious and legendary woman was not Nefertari, but someone else!
Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt - Amenhotep IV, and his queen - Nefertiti. This queen is one of the most important queens in the history of ancient Egypt, she not only has a stunning beauty, but also the most powerful and powerful woman in the history of ancient Egypt. The name Nefertiti means in ancient Egyptian: the beauty that greets you, which is also translated as: the beauty has arrived, and it is also the name of the ancient Egyptian people for the ancient magic queen.
Among the many pharaohs and queens in ancient Egypt, Nefertiti is definitely the most outstanding one, because in many temples and murals, she has appeared, which is enough to show her importance, but she is like a phantom, mysteriously disappeared into the historical records of ancient Egypt, which is indeed incredible!
Because this most influential woman in ancient Egypt and was revered by the people like a goddess, but around 1336 BC, she suddenly disappeared from history and completely disappeared from the world, when she was about 30 years old. To this day, there is no evidence to show the real reason for Nefertiti's mysterious disappearance!
In addition to Nefertiti, there is a woman, equally full of mystery. That was Cleopatra VII, also known as Cleopatra, the last female pharaoh of the Ptolemaic dynasty of ancient Egypt. This woman is outstanding, intelligent and witty, good at using means, and has a scheming heart, and her life is very legendary.
This peerless beauty not only temporarily preserved a dynasty, but also made the kings of the powerful Roman Empire fall under her pomegranate skirt, and willingly served her, and later generations of Dante, Shakespeare and many other celebrities also described her as a legendary woman: "The sexy witch of the world." But with her death, the 300-year-long Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt came to an end, and Egypt was incorporated into the Roman Empire and became the private property of the Führer.
But there are many mysteries about her death, some say that she was murdered, some say that she was killed by poisonous snakes, some say that she committed suicide, she died of poisoning - in short, there is a lot of nonsense!
Because no one knows how she died, whether she, like Nefertiti, lived or died has become a mystery for the ages. To this day, there are still many Egyptians who believe that Nefertiti and Cleopatra VII, two of the most mysterious and legendary women in history, are most likely still alive!
Originally, Xia Yu was not interested in these things, but after he met with the goddess Athena late at night, he became extremely interested in these legends in the West. So now, now that he is here, he simply takes this opportunity to try to solve these ancient mysteries!
Whether these two legendary queens are alive or dead, maybe Xia Yu will be able to find out.
It's not that his idle eggs hurt, but he also feels that these two queens are not really dead!