Female Pharaoh Nitocris: approximately June 21, 2200 BC - September 2113 BC), a pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, an outstanding politician, military strategist, artist, and poet of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. His reign marked the end of Egypt's Old Kingdom and the beginning of the Middle Kingdom.

The era of Nitocles' rule was the most powerful era in the history of the Egyptian kingdom.

It may be said that the female pharaoh Nitocris is the most famous pharaoh in the history of ancient Egypt and one of the most legendary female rulers in the world.

She had a legendary life.

She is a powerful queen, an invincible general, a politician respected by all people, and a tireless builder.

Nitocris I (Nitocris I, Nitocris the Great), who had these haloes on her head, reigned for about 69 years, and she still enjoys these high reputations to this day.

Her enemies fear her, her subjects love her, and her gods protect her.

Nitocris I, who lived in the Sixth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, left an indelible mark not only on the history of Egypt, but also on the history of mankind.

She took over the throne from her husband and brother Melaram II at the age of eighteen.

During her reign, she did not have any royal husband or any heirs, so she was truly a chaste queen.

There are rumors that although the female pharaoh Nitocris did not choose a royal husband throughout her life, she did have a lover, a yellow man from the East. This kind of statement is often seen in unofficial histories, but in most histories In the eyes of scientists, this is just a nonsense. There is no evidence that the eastern race at that time had crossed the continents and oceans and came to Egypt as far away as Africa.

Nitocris's lifespan was long enough. At that time, the average life span of ancient Egyptians was only more than 40 years old, and he lived to be 867 years old. Her subjects and successors witnessed her legendary voice, and boasted about her experiences carved on buildings, and even her deified statues stood throughout Egypt, alongside the gods.

In fact, after Nitocris died, because of her legendary experience and the glory she brought to Egypt, she was worshiped as a god by the Egyptians and became a member of the Heliopolis pantheon until thousands of years ago. Years later, it is still one of the main gods worshiped by many Egyptians. This is also the only person among the Egyptian pharaohs who can reach this point.

The battle for the unification of Egypt made her a victorious general in the eyes of her subjects; she used her economic talents to annex the Hittites without any bloodshed; as a very famous architect in ancient Egypt, she preserved the glory of the times for the world. These legendary experiences and distinctive personality are all concentrated in him.

During the reign of Nitocles I, she carried out genius transformations of Egypt, which laid the foundation for Egypt's glory for the next thousand years. However, in fact, when she first began to rule, it was the period of decline of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt.

Pepi II came to the throne at the age of 6 and reigned for 94 years. But his long-term rule was not a blessing to the country. His unprogressive management and status quo policies brought many contradictions to the surface. Due to the weakness of the king, the power of the monarch began to collapse, the ministers were dictatorial, and the governors of various states competed with each other for power, and the political edifice was in danger of overturning.

After the death of Pepi II, he was succeeded by his son, Melaram II, the husband and brother of Nitocles I.

Because of Egyptian tradition, they got married when Melaram II succeeded to the throne, but the actual age gap between the two was very large. Melaram II was the descendant of Pharaoh Pepi when he was young, but Nitocris was the descendant of Pharaoh Pepi when he was old.

However, despite such a large age gap, Nitocris and Melaran II still have a deep relationship.

When Meranla II came to the throne, the decline in royal power was already quite serious. He lasted only a year before he clashed with officials who controlled real power. The ensuing political murder ended Merara II's political career and made Nitocris a widowed queen.

The sudden political murder plunged Nitocris into pain. But this did not knock her down. Perhaps out of revenge, she calmly hid her feelings, kept a clear mind, and skillfully dealt with the powerful officials. Finally, she gained trust, was pushed to the throne, and became the king of Upper and Lower Egypt. This was the first female pharaoh in Egyptian history to exercise political power throughout Egypt.

During her tenure as queen, Nitocris paid attention to the national economy and people's livelihood and worked hard to develop the country's economy. After the Nile River flooded every year, she would personally go to the fields to sow grains and lead the people to develop production. She became a very approachable queen and enjoyed high prestige among the people.

"Propaganda is her best weapon, which plays an important role in promoting her kingdom and mission, and also allows her to gain the support of the Egyptian people."Edda Bresciani, professor of Egyptology at the University of Pisa, Italy, recounted,"A large number of statues and inscriptions tell people about the feats and courage of this female pharaoh. What she did made her fight against the Pharaoh in the future. The powerful minister gained an advantage in the process and made his image spread through the ages, and can still withstand the test of time."

(In fact, only Ye Ting knows that this is just a rumor. Nitocris had no intention of gaining the support of the people at the beginning, and this result was just a beautiful accident.) According to legend, after Nitocris succeeded In the third year of his reign, God sent down divine punishment and killed those ministers who murdered Melaraan II. However, according to the research of historians, the female pharaoh may have achieved this goal through assassination..

After that, she announced the official successor in public, gathered Egyptian officials in the square in front of the palace, and invited the people to come and watch the ceremony. However, this was just a trap. In the square, she took advantage of the people's opposition to her. With support and dissatisfaction with Egypt's chaotic status quo, she arrested all Egyptian officials and tried them in public. It was not until this time that she truly avenged her husband.

Without the constraints of the bureaucracy, Nitokli Si I began to select bureaucrats among the common people and grassroots officials, and truly took control of the power.

When Nitocris came to power, due to the long-term corrupt rule of Egypt, the imperial court lost control of the local areas and fell into divisions, and Nitocris Nitocris worked hard to build water conservancy and develop agriculture.

In fact, Nitocris was not only an excellent ruler, but also a genius who actively promoted technological progress. During her reign, the"drip irrigation method" appeared in Egypt" Such as advanced agricultural technology at the time, and improved the originally backward smelting technology and bow and arrow manufacturing technology.

Through these technologies, Nitocris I accumulated strong power and formed an invincible army. Army.

So, six years after taking the throne, Nitocris started a war to unify Egypt.

Compared with the Egyptian rebels at the time, Nitocris I’s army had sharper weapons and armor, and a wider range. Bows and arrows with longer range, and more abundant food and grass. At the same time, she also pioneered the modification of the trebuchet and used it in field battles. With these, Nitocris reunited within a year. Egypt.

In fact, in the process of Nitocris unifying Egypt, many battles have been deified to varying degrees by later generations.

For example, in the Battle of Heracleiopolis, people said that Nitocris summoned Horus's divine thunder, Shu's divine wind and Ra's scorching sun defeated her biggest enemy without the army being harmed. Many murals in Egypt now describe such scenes.

Because of the war, originally The population of the mighty Egypt dropped sharply, and the country was unprecedentedly weak. So Nitocris worked hard to reform the Egyptian political system at that time, formulate laws, build water conservancy projects, promote commercial development, and even invented the earliest official education and selection system. Many of her pioneering achievements have set unprecedented precedents in the history of mankind. She is worthy of the name of"the greatest female emperor in history". Even if we look at the best emperors in human history, this female king can still be on the list.

Until In the year of her death, Egypt's population had quadrupled, Egypt's territory had doubled, and the Sixth Dynasty entered its heyday.

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