I was a priest in the city-state era.

Chapter 422 Phoenician Goddess Aphrodite
The population of the entire Egyptian region is about 300 million.

In other words, if the Athens Empire annexed the Kingdom of Egypt, the total population would reach about 500 million, which would satisfy Roy's need to complete the deification of the gods after death in one year.

But Roy did not intend to stop the expansion of the Athenian Empire.

Because a population of 500 million is only meeting Lowy's minimum needs.

In the process of enshrining the gods after Roy's death, the Athenian Empire may be split or weakened for various reasons.

So just to be on the safe side, Roy planned to increase the population of the Athens Empire to tens of millions.

The Babylonian Kingdom in Mesopotamia and the Hittite Kingdom in Asia Minor Peninsula were both populous countries in this era. The population of the Babylonian Kingdom was about 100 million, and the Hittite Empire had a population of about 200 million.

As long as Roy conquers the Kingdom of Babylon and the Hittite Kingdom, the population of the Athenian Empire can be increased to about 900 million.

In the fall of next year, the Athens Empire will conquer the entire Balkan Peninsula, and the population will reach tens of millions. Roy will be able to kill himself and start the first step of becoming a god after death.

"Dear Nafir! I will send you war materials from the Athens Empire, and help you form iron cavalry and infantry. After their training is complete, you can declare the Kingdom of Egypt to be merged into the Athens Empire, and then wipe out all the lands in southern Egypt. The rebellion of the city-states will completely end the situation that for thousands of years, each city-state has only surrendered to the Pharaoh in name. In the future, all the city-states in Egypt will be directly controlled by us. Although the Kingdom of Egypt has become an Egyptian province, your authority as the Queen of Egypt will be stronger than ever."

After listening to Roy's plan, Nafier nodded with a smile on his face.

"Honey, you want to conquer the Sinai Peninsula and the Phoenician region, how much help do you need from me?"

"I want to borrow twenty thousand Egyptian soldiers from you."

The Sinai Peninsula covers an area of ​​about [-] square kilometers, and the Phoenician region along the eastern Mediterranean Sea also has an area of ​​about [-] square kilometers.

Roy wants to use Aries' [-] Iron Lancers and [-] Iron Lancers to conquer the Sinai Peninsula and the Phoenician region, of course there will be no problem.

But Roy wants to use 10 soldiers to actually rule a land of [-] square kilometers and a population of several hundred thousand. It is obviously impossible to rely on only [-] soldiers.

Moreover, after conquering the Phoenician region, the borders of the Athenian Empire will border on the borders of the Kingdom of Babylon and the Kingdom of Hittites.

In order to deal with the threat of these two kingdoms, Roy needs to have at least [-] soldiers here in order to promote the plan to conquer the Babylonian Kingdom and the Hittite Kingdom.

"Is [-] soldiers too few? I'll give you [-] soldiers!"

Roy shook his head without hesitation and said.

"Now we have turned the Hyksos, Phoenicians, and Illuminati into slaves. Half of your [-] soldiers must be allocated to control them. After lending me [-] soldiers, you will only have [-] soldiers left You also lend me these [-] soldiers, how will you train the new army and clear up the rebellion in the southern city-states? I hope you can merge the Kingdom of Egypt into the Athenian Empire within half a year, so you only need to lend me two Thousands of soldiers. After conquering the Sinai Peninsula and Phoenicia, I will recruit new soldiers from the local area.”

"Half a year..."

Nefer said in surprise.

"If you want to complete the merger of the Athens Empire and the Egyptian Kingdom within half a year, then I really can't lend you all the soldiers."

Roy and Nafir spend the night together in the royal palace in Itawi City.

the next day.

Roy set off for the Sinai Peninsula with [-] white sheep cavalry, [-] infantry and [-] Egyptian soldiers.

The entire territory of the Sinai Peninsula covers an area of ​​[-] square kilometers, most of which are sand dunes, with a dry climate and lack of water. There are only a few plains along the Mediterranean coast and the Red Sea coast.

Although there are few flora and fauna in the Sinai Peninsula, there are resources such as oil, coal, iron, and copper.

For Roy, who understands the value of these resources, the Sinai Peninsula is undoubtedly a land of wealth.

Because of climate and water sources, the population of the Sinai Peninsula is concentrated on the Mediterranean coast in the north and the Red Sea coast in the west.

In addition to the Egyptians farming here for generations, the Hyksos now rule here, the Phoenicians settled in the port cities of Rafah and Gaza City on the Mediterranean coast, and the Illuminati live a nomadic life here.

After Roy led an army of [-] across the Isthmus of Suez and entered the Sinai Peninsula, Roy immediately divided the army into two, and let Aries lead [-] Athens soldiers and [-] Egyptian soldiers to conquer the Sinai Peninsula. Inhabitants, Loi conquered the inhabitants of the Mediterranean coast with three thousand Athenian soldiers and ten thousand Egyptian soldiers.

When Phineus migrated with the Hyksos, they passed through the Sinai Peninsula. The Hyksos here were divided into two parts. The Hyksos who did not want to surrender had already left with Phineus, and those who stayed were naturally willing. Yield.

The Egyptians in the Sinai Peninsula are even less likely to resist the soldiers of the Egyptian Kingdom.

The Phoenicians have long been used to being conquered by various foreign groups, and the strength of the Bright Clan is even inferior to that of the Phoenicians, and they are not even qualified to resist.

The army led by Roy and Aries, encountered almost no resistance, and conquered the entire Sinai Peninsula very smoothly.

After controlling Rafah City, Gaza City, and Sharu City in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, Roy was not in a hurry to enter the Phoenician region, but first implemented the policy of the Athens Empire in the Sinai Peninsula.

After Aries conquered the cities of Serabit, Chadim, and Timna in the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula, they also implemented the policies of the Athenian Empire in accordance with the requirements of Roy.

There were six city-states in the Sinai Peninsula with a population of about 20 people.

After completing the distribution of fields here, Luo Yi and Aries recruited [-] soldiers here.

After reorganizing the [-] soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula and the [-] Egyptian soldiers, Roy asked Aries to stay in the Sinai Peninsula with [-] soldiers to maintain his rule, and Roy himself took [-] soldiers into the Phoenician area.

The Phoenician region along the Mediterranean Sea was inhabited before 5000 BC.

These ancient tribes established strongholds on the seashore that were easy to defend and difficult to attack, and lived a life dependent on the sea.

Before 3000 BC, affected by the invasion of the ancient Aryans, the Pilaski people who worshiped the goddess of the earth migrated to the Balkan Peninsula, and the Canaanites who worshiped the goddess Aphrodite - the Phoenicians migrated to the Phoenician base area, and assimilate the local population.

Perhaps before 3000 BC, the goddess of the earth worshiped by the Pilaski and the goddess Aphrodite worshiped by the Phoenicians originally had the same origin.

However, during the long historical evolution, the Pilaski people migrated to the Greek region and continued to live a life of farming people, so the goddess worshiped by the Pilaski people retained the attributes of the goddess of the earth.

It wasn't until 2000 BC that the Pilaski people began to establish coastal city-states such as Corinth and Athens, and the goddess of the earth worshiped by the Pilaski people split into the sea goddesses Amphitrite and Metis.

After the Phoenicians brought the goddess Aphrodite to the Phoenician area, the sea became the main way for the Phoenicians to make a living, so the goddess Aphrodite became the goddess of the sky and the guardian of navigation. god.

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