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"You asked these questions very well, Professor Guy." After the man who stood up sat down, Liang En remembered that this man should be a well-known professor in the Humanities Department of the University of Paris I, so Explained.

"As for the content of trade routes, field archeology can actually explain some things. As for more evidence, there is actually more evidence. It's just that we need to go beyond the scientific expedition itself and adopt more information."

For Liang En, preparation in advance is still very valuable. For example, this time he read more information because of his preparation in advance, and there happened to be relevant things in the information.

This is actually not unexpected. After all, trade with the south was very valuable to ancient Egypt, so there will be some content related to the southern trade routes everywhere.

"We can take a look at this stone tablet." Liang En, who had been prepared, quickly projected another stone tablet on the screen, and then explained based on the records on this royal inscription from the Middle Kingdom.

"The text on this stone tablet means to prevent any black people from passing by water, land or ship, unless they are going to the Iken area for trade or mission."

"This illustrates the importance of the southern fortress in terms of trade and transportation, because from the stone tablets we can see that the importance of trade communication was high enough to allow black people to enter Egypt through the fortress."

"In addition, we can also get the news from this inscription that Iken must be a major trade center between Egypt and Nubia. That's why it needs to be specifically mentioned in the stone tablet."

"So it can be concluded that trade in the south was very important in both the Old Kingdom and the Middle Kingdom, and was located in such important fortress areas."

"It can even be bolder to guess that in addition to the basic role of defense, the establishment of the fortress should also play a protective role in trade communication. It even existed to ensure trade communication and cultural integration between the two countries."

It is actually a normal thing to build a border trade center into a military fortress. After all, unlike now, the borders between two countries in ancient times were often relatively desolate places.

Therefore, whether it is dangerous wild animals or wandering thieves, they may pose a serious threat to this distribution center of wealth and supplies, especially the latter.

At least for most gangs of thieves, just one robbery of this kind of trading center can guarantee food and clothing for the rest of their lives, so they are easily targeted for robbery.

Therefore, in many ancient countries, such transnational trade centers were often built into military fortresses and stationed there, so as to avoid the above bad things from happening as much as possible.

For example, this is the case with China, which is also an ancient civilization. Their border trade center called Gechang during the Song Dynasty was actually a military fortress that could be used to resist dangerous attacks.

Moreover, there is another important reason why ancient Egypt built fortresses, that is, they and Nubia were the most important civilizations on the ancient African continent, and exchanges between the two places began in prehistoric times.

At the same time, Nubia has always been ancient Egypt's most important opponent in the Nile Valley. Two kingdoms with the same level of development, similar history, and being so close to each other are bound to have constant friction.

After Egypt entered the era of civilization, Nubia's civilization gradually declined, and its level of development was far inferior to that of Egypt. At the same time, the ancient Egyptian civilization developed rapidly during this period, and its national strength grew rapidly.

Portraits of Egyptian pharaohs and Nubian captives can be seen on stone inscriptions later discovered. A large amount of archaeological evidence also shows that military conquests occurred during the First Dynasty of ancient Egypt.

Subsequently, ancient Egypt sounded the clarion call to conquer Nubia. In the thousands of years of entangled history between the two countries, the Nubians often appeared as losers and rebels.

It's just that the Nubians have not always been so crotchless. They also successfully took advantage of the chaos in ancient Egypt to completely seize Egypt and established the famous 25th Black Dynasty in ancient Egypt.

However, after failing in the traditional conquest of West Asia due to backward military equipment and insufficient numbers, this dynasty quickly fell apart.

It is even more because these people are Nubians who were originally regarded as backward slaves by the ancient Egyptians. Their traces were completely erased by the pharaohs of the 26th Dynasty, and they were not rediscovered until today.

Considering the love-hate relationship between these two civilizations, it is completely reasonable to have such a series of defensive buildings on the border between the two sides.

After Liang En finished speaking, he looked at Professor Guyi and found that the other person nodded with satisfaction, so he paused for a few seconds and then started to answer the next question.

"As for why the information we have found now shows that there are many conflicts in this place, the reason is very simple, because for those foreign pharaohs, launching a war is a must-do."

"Unlike today's world, which is generally pursuing peace, people in the era when the ancient Egyptian pharaohs lived were more inclined to choose a king who was more capable of fighting as their leader."

"After all, the world thousands of years ago was a very dangerous world. In this case, whether the war could be won or not depended on the survival of a country, or even a nation."

"For example, the reason why the 25th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt did not last long was because it lost so miserably in the first foreign war. Therefore, it only maintained its rule for 40 years before the three pharaohs completely collapsed."

"It is precisely because of this tradition that the ancient Egyptian pharaohs had to show their strength on the battlefield. For example, Ramses II, who had a draw in the Battle of Kadesh, has been promoting that he has won a huge victory. .”

"I think the same was true for the previous pharaoh. His era was unable to expand, so he could only highlight the small-scale conflicts that broke out in the fortress complex in southern Egypt, and then use exaggerated means to brag about his victory."

"Your analysis is very reasonable and can correspond to all the current archaeological data." After Liang En finished speaking, Professor Guy stood up and said seriously.

"So we can be sure of this. That is, the real value of the fortress complex in southern Egypt in ancient Egypt was not just military defense buildings, but also the core of trade."

"Yes, so it is not easy for us to restore a historical event or historical truth. We need to combine on-site archaeology, historical records and a series of clues to draw a conclusion that is as close to the truth as possible."

Liang En is quite satisfied with this historical restoration. After all, they have found sufficient evidence to prove the beginning and end of the whole thing. However, in most cases, it will not be so perfect.

To give a simple example, if you go to a museum, you will find that sometimes the names of certain cultural relics change. Because the uses of many things inside are anyone’s guess. No one knows exactly what happened.

So as time goes by and people make new discoveries, the introduction of those things will naturally be updated accordingly, and under normal circumstances this kind of revision is likely to happen many times.