Chapter 36: Ayi and Horrenheb
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Among the many civil and military officials, Ayi's status is the highest, and Khorenhayb, who is about the same status, has been on the Syrian front line at war with the Hittites, and Tutankhamun's death was too sudden, and he didn't get any news at all, so Ayi was in an advantageous position, and he had been proposing to Anhosenamun, but Ayi's age was too old, he had already held an official position in the early days of Ehe'atun's rule, and he was born as a slave, perhaps black, and Anhosenamon was young and didn't want to marry Ayi. The other ministers are also older.
Not daring to reveal his thoughts, Anhosenamon delayed his thoughts, and at the same time secretly wrote to the king of the Hittite kingdom, asking the Hittite to send a prince to marry her, and she could take the Egyptian throne as a dowry.
The Hittites were at war with Egypt, but due to Egypt's strength, they have not made much progress in Syria. After receiving the secret letter, he was overjoyed, believing that this was the most effective way to get Egypt, and immediately sent a prince to Thebes, the capital of Egypt, without stopping.
When the Manchu patriarchs saw the Hittite prince coming, they understood Anhosenammon's thoughts and were indignant. The Hittite state was powerful, and once its prince became the pharaoh of Egypt, he would definitely remove the old ministers from power with the support of the Hittite, and even the Syrian region would become Hittite territory.
The senators of Thebes elected Ayi as pharaoh and forcibly married Anhosenamun. And the main obstacle to marrying her was the Hittite prince, so one night, the Hittite prince was assassinated.
In 1354 BC, Anhosenamon saw this and knew that the tide was over, so he had no choice but to marry Ayi. Itnut Ayi was granted legal status and succeeded to the throne as the thirteenth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
When the Hittite king saw that stealing chickens and rice had not been lost, and that he had also lost his favorite young son, he was angry and immediately mobilized the whole country to invade Syria. The great general Horenhaib faced great pressure from the front, and in order to obtain logistical support from Egypt, he had to recognize Ayi's status as a pharaoh, and at the same time, Ayi married his second daughter to Horenhaib in order to appease Horenhaib. Then a steady stream of material and military supplies entered the army of Khorenheib.
The two sides waged a four-year war in Syria that left the region starving, leaving many bodies unburied, and eventually plague. The armies of both sides were also unable to fight again due to the plague. The war was temporarily suspended.
Horenheib, reigned: 29 BC, 1349-1320 BC.
Horenheib, whose hometown is in Eracoreópolis, was first married to > Nefertiti's sister Mtennedemet
The general Horenheib was not convinced, and Ayi stole the throne of Egypt while he was not in Thebes. Now that the plague is rampant and the two countries have ceased fighting, Horenheb has returned to Thebes with a part of the elite.
In 1349 BC, Horenhayb mutinied, killed Ayi, forcibly married Anhosenamun, and took the throne of Egypt, becoming the fourteenth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
Compared with the black Ayi, Horenheib, who is also of the yellow race, is more popular with Anhosennamon.
In order to gain the support of the Amoniteans, Horenhayb declared the city of Ekhtatun a "place of evil", and the citizens were relocated and the city was reduced to ruins. Completely destroy the system of worshipping Atun and declare the cult of Atun heretical. The temple of Atun was changed to the temple of Amun, and the believers of Atun were persecuted, and the remnants went underground and preached secretly, just like the followers of Amun under the rule of Ekhathon.
However, because Horlenhayb had personally carried out the persecution of the Amun believers, he was wary of the Amun believers and moved the capital from Thebes to Memphis.
At the same time, an unprecedented multi-pillared hall was built in Kernak, Egypt. He regained Egypt's prosperity and restored foreign possessions by rebuilding trading caravans.
In addition, Horlenhayb built a cave temple in Asilsla, Giber. The temple was dedicated to 3 deities: Amun, Mutt, and Khons, as well as Sobek, Tavolit, and himself.
Horrenhayb succeeded to the throne and, after the plague had passed, re-led the army to launch expeditions into the Syrian region, strengthening Egypt's borders threatened by the Hittites.
During his reign, Horenheb was surrounded by military generals who had helped him rise from general to pharaoh. He entrusted the very important priesthood to these soldiers, which gave him a firm grip on the powerful priesthood of Amun. The priests of Amun were also very supportive of Horenheib's rise to power, as evidenced by the crowning of Pharaoh Horenhayb on behalf of the god Amun at the festival of Opat at Karnak.
After inheriting the throne, Horenheib built a mausoleum directly in the Valley of the Kings.
The Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt experienced a total of 14 kings, 1585-1320.
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The Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt was the second dynasty of the New Kingdom period of Egypt, founded by Menpatilla Ramses I.
The religious reform of Eheathong in the 18th Dynasty was a fierce social contradiction and struggle. In the face of internal contradictions, Egypt was unable to strive for and maintain its hegemony in West Asia. Egyptian vassals in Western Asia also took the opportunity to break free from Egyptian control, and the Hittite Empire in Asia Minor also attempted to replace Egypt's hegemony in Western Asia.
The pharaohs at the beginning of the Nineteenth Dynasty, especially Ramses II, attempted to re-establish Egyptian hegemony in Western Asia, waged a long war against Western Asia, and eventually signed a peace treaty with the Hittites.
After the death of Pharaoh Melapta of the Nineteenth Dynasty, Egypt began to suffer from the invasion of the Libyans and the "Sea Peoples". Egypt fell into anarchy, the struggle for succession to the throne was fierce, and it eventually perished due to the Irsu uprising in the northern regions. After that, Setnakert suppressed the uprising and restored order throughout the country, establishing the Twentieth Dynasty.
Ramses I-I, reigned: 1 year and 4 months, 1320-1318 BC. Also known as Paramesus (or paramisu), Menpatila.
At the end of the 18th Dynasty, Pharaoh Horenheib relied on usurpation power to ascend to the throne, stabilized the social order during his reign, and made achievements in both domestic and foreign affairs.