Alexander claimed to be the son of Amon in the temple, but no oracle came, because it was impossible for Amon to know all this at this time. As Artemis said, when Alexander offered sacrifices to him in the temple, the god who had re-entered the world might still be a baby in swaddling clothes, a wandering creature in the jungle, or a sprout sprouting from the soil. seed.
Even if Amon is still in the kingdom of heaven, the oracle will not be sent down because of this. Telling the world that there is a way beyond eternal life is the last oracle of God Amun.
Alexander conquered Egypt and knew how to win people's hearts with the policy of restraint. Not only did he claim to be the son of Amon, but he also ordered the construction of a new port north of Memphis, at the mouth of the Ronnie River, and named the city of Alexandria after himself to promote his immortal achievements. Not only that, he also ordered the rebuilding of the Temple of Isis in Alexandria, fulfilling the promise he had made to Medanzo.
Although the goddess Isis has long since died, she is still the angel of the Virgin believed by people in Ecu. When the temple was completed, some elderly people discovered that the Virgin Angel on the altar was no longer what it used to be, and the artisans of Ecu sculpted her as the last Isis The appearance of the guardian saint Mary of the shrine.
The people of Ecu have never seen Isis, and the memory of this goddess has faded away, but when they talk about Isis, people will think of Mary, the last guardian saint of the Temple of Isis, and countless people have seen her. This may be an intentional or unintentional coincidence. The craftsmen incorporated the image of Mary into the statue of Isis, or it was intentional by Alexander.
If Amon knew what the great emperor had done, he would at least have a good impression of him. Alexander knew how to win the hearts of the people, but also knew how to please the gods. The Alexandria he built was more magnificent and splendid than any city-state on the mainland, not only surpassing Memphis City, but also surpassing the historic city of Baron on the mainland.
Alexander not only confiscated the national power of Ecu, but also used the power of the entire Macedonian Empire to build this new city-state. It is a miracle on the Tianshu Continent, and it has also become the cultural and commercial center of the Tianshu Continent for hundreds of years.
Alexander himself stayed in Eju for a year. Before the city of Alexandria was fully built, he led his troops to the east again. The route of his eastward expedition this time is exactly the opposite of the route that Gilgamesh led the Uruk Corps to the west, passing through the southern part of the Syrian Desert to attack the territory of the original Kingdom of Baron. On the field on the banks of the Eudi River, the Macedonian army fought the final decisive battle with the Pozi army led by Darius III, which was known as a million.
At this time, the Potts Empire had lost its territory on the west bank of the Eudi River. Like a severely injured giant with mud feet, it mustered its last strength to fight against the rising Macedonian Empire, but was completely overthrown again. Alexander won a decisive victory and defeated the last main force of the Potts Empire. Taking advantage of the victory, he crossed the Eudi River and successfully occupied Baron City, the oldest and most magnificent city on the Tianshu Continent. .
The towering Celestial Gate outside the city of Baron is now a ruin covered with smoky traces, like a huge and desolate monument. In the era of Cyrus and Darius, the conquerors of Pots did not force the Baronians to change their belief in Marduk, but after the death of Darius, the successor Xerxes promoted the great The Guangming Sect ordered the gate of the gods to be burned down.
Alexander came to pay homage to the ruins in front of the Gate of the Gods, and publicly announced that he would restore this magnificent miracle. This made the people of Barron very excited, but the project was too huge, and tens of thousands of people were needed to clean up the fallen rubble and gravel from the Gate of the Gods. It is easy to damage the splendid buildings built by generations of people who have dug mountains for hundreds of years, but it is too difficult to restore them.
Alexander only showed a gesture, but in the end he did not repair the gate of the gods. However, he rebuilt the Marduk Temple in the city of Baron, and led the people to offer sacrifices to Marduk himself, which won the favor of the local people and the support of the traditional priest group. At the grand sacrifice ceremony, Alexander also called himself "son of Marduk".
One can imagine how solemn and sacred such an occasion is. The title "Son of Marduk" added a sacred aura to Alexander's rule, and he was praised and revered by all peoples. When people look up to this god-like emperor, they must feel fear and fear.
However, Alexander's actions in the human world made Artemis and Mu Yun on the clouds laugh. They were in a serious mood at first, but they couldn't help laughing when they saw that Alexander first claimed to be the son of Amon in Eju, and then the son of Marduk when he went to Baron.
Alexander used the most solemn and sacred ceremony in the world to make the gods in the sky laugh in a serious manner. Artemis shook his head while laughing and said, "Who taught him this? He really doesn't see outsiders and doesn't separate families!"
Alexander did not see outsiders. He learned the majestic oriental court etiquette, wore the costume of Pozzi the Great to accept people's prostrate salute, and followed the provincial system initiated by Cyrus. The provinces and jurisdictions of the Macedonian Empire roughly refer to the settings of the Pozi Empire. However, compared with the Potts era, the Macedonian era strengthened the rule of the monarchy, and the military, financial, and civil affairs of the local provinces were separated into three powers to check each other.
Alexander also introduced a number of reforms to promote integration among the various tribes throughout the great empire. In the minds of many people in the Greek city-states, only the people who believed in the gods of Olympus on the Heaton Peninsula were civilized people, while the rest of the people lived in barbarians. Of course, Alexander is not such a frog in a well. He knows that the civilization on Tianshu Continent is more glorious and long-lasting, and the people there also have extraordinary wisdom and talents.
Alexander not only promoted this kind of integration by establishing a unified provincial system, but also broke the traditional boundaries by means of marriages between tribes, expanding the army and joint operations. question. The emperor was particularly keen on holding group weddings, encouraging his soldiers to marry local noble women. Every time he conquered a new country, an unprecedentedly grand group wedding was often held.
Alexander himself also set an example. He married women from different places. Under his leadership, more than 10,000 Macedonian soldiers married women from various tribes. In Alexander's tent, nobles from various tribes and priests paid homage to him. This is an unprecedented fusion, and among the people, it is also the greatest civilization exchange in the millennium.
Alexander rested in Barron for a year, and his army also conquered the territory of the original Assyrian Empire, and continued to advance eastward into the original Poz land. Darius III was killed by his subordinates, and the glorious Pozi Empire fell. Alexander, on the other hand, captured the traitor of Bozi who had murdered Darius III, executed him for the crime of regicide, mourned Darius III with imperial ceremony, and declared himself the successor of the Bozi Empire.
So far, Macedonia has completely conquered and annexed the Great Potts Empire, but his pace of conquest has not stopped. It took a few years to integrate this huge empire, and then led the army to cross the Potts mainland and continue westward into Tianzhu. Here, Alexander encountered the most difficult battle since the Eastern Expedition, and the Macedonian phalanx encountered the Indian elephant formation. The battle was very tragic, with heavy casualties on both sides, but in the end the genius Alexander won.
He established three new provinces on the west bank of the Tianzhu River. At this time, the territory of the Macedonian Empire was not far from Kunlun, but they were separated by the most insurmountable plateau in the world. Alexander still wanted to continue marching eastward to conquer the entire Tianzhu, but the army had gone too far. The soldiers had been fighting in strange places for many years, and they had no intention of continuing this endless conquest.
The morale of the army changed, and Alexander had to retreat temporarily. He divided his troops into two groups. He led his army back to Baron by land, bypassing the Assyrian Plateau, while the other navy set off from the mouth of the Tianzhu River and returned along the coastline to meet with Alexander, completing the greatest military operation in the history of the Tianshu Continent. pioneering.
Artemis and Mu Yun have been watching Alexander on the cloud, trying to find traces of Amon's reincarnation along the route of the great emperor's conquest. When Alexander conquered the Tianzhu River Basin and returned to his army victoriously, he was obviously still unwilling. He returned to Baron to regroup and planned to march westward one day.
Artemis and Mu Yun thought to themselves, if that time comes, will the Macedonian emperor claim to be the son of Brahma, or even the son of immeasurable light? If so, what expression would Zeus have, angry or wry smile? But I have to admit that the series of measures that Alexander took during the expansion consolidated this rapidly formed empire as much as possible, and also brought the worship of the gods of Olympus to all parts of the Tianshu continent and even more distant places. .
If Alexander lived as long as Aesop, everything in the future is unknown, but history did not give him such a chance. Not long after he returned to Barron City, a small mosquito bit the Great Emperor of Megatron. He suffered from malaria and high fever, and passed away ten days later, not yet thirty-three years old.
In Alexander's ambitious and short life, he surpassed his father Philip II in every aspect of achievement, only a little worse, and this is precisely the most fatal. He did not produce a suitable heir for himself as Philip II had produced him, but that cannot be blamed on Alexander, who died too young, with all his children underage.
When Alexander died, his generals fought for power, and the empire was quickly divided into three parts. The formerly Macedonian-ruled Heaton Peninsula became the Macedonian Kingdom, and the former Baron Kingdom on the Tianshu Continent established the West Asian Kingdom. When Alexander was alive, he inherited the crown and scepter of Pharaoh Eju. After his death, his general Ptolemy succeeded Pharaoh to rule Eju, and he still worshiped Amon as the main god. He created the Ptolemaic dynasty of Eju. Back to the beginning again.
The gods of Olympus and the angels of heaven did not find any clues for Amon to re-enter the world. They have been silently watching for all possible clues, but they have never found anything. Amon seems to have disappeared in the vast world. without a trace.
Three hundred years have passed, and the gods and angels still have no news of Amon's presence in the world.
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One morning, a group of camels came from the horizon at the end of the sand dunes, and the reflection of the sun on the sand was dazzling. This is a caravan, leaving Ecu for Baron, they need to find a place to escape the scorching sun at noon. There is a huge ruin between the sand dunes in front of it. There is still a half dome on the top of the towering column. It is the remains of a temple, but the altar has been submerged in the sand, and the magnificent Amon statue is lying on the sand dunes.
More than 300 years ago, it was once the territory of the cape city-state of the Ecu Empire, and Dick and his son successively became the city lords of the cape city-state. It was in this area that a fierce battle broke out between the Uruk army led by Gilgamesh and the Ecu army led by Amon. This place was originally an oasis on the edge of the Syrian desert and on the border of the cape. The people of Amon built a magnificent temple.
As the climate changed, the oasis gradually deserted, leaving only a spring at the foot of the hill next to the temple, which was a resting place for caravans. And the small hill and the ruins of the temple beside the hill are the resting places to block the scorching sun. Although it is not very comfortable, it is better than nothing.
The stone pillars engraved with divine inscriptions became stakes for people to tie horses and camels. Animal dung fell on the remnants of carved steps. People sat on the sand and rested against the fallen statue of Amun, while the fallen statue The huge statue can just block the sun.
This temple has stood for hundreds of years, and it has been fifty years since it was abandoned. The statue of the god fell on the sand dune, the fallen gravel was trampled by mules and horses, and the ruins of the temple became a temporary camp for caravans to rest.
What happened to make the Temple of Amon look what it is today
After Alexander's death, his generals divided the great empire and established three countries: Macedonia, West Asia, and Ecuador. Alexander's general, Ptolemy, put on the pharaoh's crown and established the Ptolemaic dynasty in Eju, the longest lasting of the three kingdoms.
Not long after Alexander's death, in the northwestern part of the Macedonian Empire, another country gradually emerged, called the Maro Republic. In the eyes of the people of the city-states of Heaton, this place was originally an uncivilized and wild land. But under the guidance of the gods, many sages came here. The Maro people inherited the civilization and knowledge of the Hidon people, and they were learners and imitators.
The various systems of the Maro Republic generally followed the original city-states of Heaton. They were originally subordinate to the tribes of the Heaton Alliance, and after they gradually became stronger, they established an independent country. They also believed in the gods of Olympus. Due to the difference in language, Zeus is called Jupiter here, Hera is called Juno, and Aphrodite, who was sent to reincarnation by Amon, in It's called Venus here.
Along with the spread of Heaton civilization, the expansion of the Macedonian Empire, and the fusion of civilizations across the Tianshu Continent, the Maro Republic rose. At that time, Alexander was leading the army to the west, and his main energy was focused on the battlefields of Bozi and Tianzhu, and he did not notice that the small Maro Republic was quietly growing.
Until two hundred years ago, the Kingdom of Macedonia was destroyed by the Maro Republic.
And a hundred years ago, the Republic of Maro appeared a powerful ruler, chief high priest, chief justice, dictator for life, and commander-in-chief of various legions. His name was Caesar. Caesar started out as a provincial governor and legionary commander, formed an alliance with the giants of the other two major forces in the country, became the consul of the Maro Republic, and finally monopolized power.
After Caesar came to power, the Maro Republic not only annexed the entire Heaton Peninsula, but also opened up a larger territory to the northwest. Caesar led the army to the east again, basically occupying the territory of the former Great Potts Empire, and pursued the enemy southward until Eju.
At that time, Ecu was in the midst of civil strife over the throne. Queen Cleopatra sneaked into the city of Alexandria where Caesar was, ordered someone to wrap herself in a blanket, and sent her to Caesar's resting room...became Caesar's lover .
Caesar helped Cleopatra defeat her political opponents and became the queen who ruled the entire Eju, and Eju became a vassal state of the Maro Republic. So far, Caesar's achievements have surpassed that of Alexander, and the territory of the Maro Republic has completely surpassed the original Macedonian Empire, and even extended westward and northward.
Eju, who believed in the god Amon, became the last remaining kingdom on this continent.
It's a pity that Queen Cleopatra did not keep Ecu's national fortune longer. A few years later, Caesar was assassinated in the Senate of Marlo City, and Cleopatra became the lover of Caesar's general Antony. He also announced that the child born to himself and Caesar was the "son of Amon" and the heir to the Kingdom of Eju.
Since Alexander, many people in history claimed to be the son of Amon, but the last "son of Amon" was actually the son of Queen Cleopatra and Caesar.
But the good times didn't last long. Antony was defeated by Caesar's adopted son Octavian and committed suicide. Cleopatra was also captured by Marlowe's army. The queen tried to repeat the old trick and continue to seduce Octavian, but failed. Octavian wanted to take Cleopatra back to Marlowe as a prisoner of war, and paraded through the streets. The queen committed suicide after hearing the news.
The Eju Ptolemaic Dynasty, which lasted for nearly three hundred years, finally collapsed, and the Maro Republic annexed Eju and made it a province in its territory. Octavian abolished the republic and proclaimed himself emperor, the emperor was named Augustus, and the Maro Republic became the Maro Empire. This happened fifty years ago.
The Macedonian Empire established by Alexander disappeared completely, submerged in the dust and gravel of history, and what appeared on the Tianshu Continent was an unprecedented Maro Empire. The Maroans enforced their rule and beliefs in the provinces, worshiping the gods of Olympus.
The temples of Amun in the original Eju were finally abandoned, and all the temples in the city-state had been demolished, and the temple of Amun beside the commercial road in the desert had become such a ruin fifty years later.