In the era of Artagrxes I visited Herodotus Egypt. It is likely that this visit took place between 448, when Athens reconciled with the Persians, and in 445, when he was in Athens before going to Thurii, which he co-founded in 443, and Egypt was then calm, but it was calm the power of surrendering , With the death of the Athenian leader Cimon and the convening of the Callias peace in 448, the Athenian attempts to destroy the Persians and Egypt's Straits ended. The Persians enjoyed a period of rest that was prolonged by the Peloponnesian wars between Athens and Sparta (434-341).
Herodotus tells us that the country was prosperous, because trade and industry were popular. Despite the heavy taxes levied on them and their rate has often been unjustified. There is no doubt that the Egyptians have repeatedly proven extraordinary ability to rise after any sermons descended upon them. However, with the two massive revolts against the Persians in a quarter of a century, and accompanied by these revolutions of the fighting and sabotage and the subsequent massacres and persecution and the efforts we will see Which the early Ptolemies had to do because of the consequences of all this for the advancement of Egypt's economic escort. In the face of what Herodotus himself says about heavy taxes, we have doubts about what this historian tells us about the prosperity of Egypt when he visited in the wake of the Second Revolution. It seems from Herodotus that the doors of the country were open to foreign tourists, and that they could visit the temples and all the features of the country without difficulty or exposure to any danger from the people and Herodotus does not tell us to see any traces of subversion in the tribal area, which raises the suspicion that the struggle between the Persians The Egyptians were confined to the delta and to the vicinity of Memphis.
It seems from Herodotus' account that the manifestations of life were no different from what they were two thousand years ago and in some respects close to what they are today. The description of Herodotus for a religious ceremony in Popastos is almost a description of one of the religious ceremonies held today to commemorate the birth of a " The parents. " The Herodotus was a tourist and was often the victim of one of the false witnesses. However, Herodotus received valuable historical information, indicating that the source was sometimes from the incident of the priests, but it seems that he did not receive many of these priests . Herodotus did not rely on what he heard alone, but also relied on what he saw himself, and then interpreted what information he had available as he saw fit. Some historians believe that Herodotus' information about Egypt, with its mistakes, is not as worthless as some believe. In fact, despite all these historical errors, it gives us a vivid picture of the history of Egypt in the fifth century BC.
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