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"The Persian King Cambyses II quickly and brutally conquered Egypt. But, he failed to conquer The Kingdom of Kush."
Herodotus reports that #Cambyses wanted to conquer #kushboo.
He sent "spies" to the pharaoh of Kush disguised ...
"The Persian King Cambyses II quickly and brutally conquered Egypt. But, he failed to conquer The Kingdom of Kush."
Herodotus reports that #Cambyses wanted to conquer #kushboo.
He sent "spies" to the pharaoh of Kush disguised ...
... disguised as messengers bearing gifts.However, the Kushite pharaoh, as Herodotus explains, realized that the Persian messengers were spies." The king mocked Cambyses' gifts in front of the messengers and sent them back with a bow.
The messengers were instructed to deliver the following message to Cambyses: "when the Persians draw their bows (of equal size as mine) as easily as I do this, then ...
The first and most entertaining of historians. The writer who - more than any other - has accompanied me through my life.
"His work is many things - the 1st example of non-fiction, the text that underlies the entire discipline of history, the most important source of information we have for a vital episode in human affairs - but it is above all a treasure-trove of wonders." penguin.co.uk/books/356/3560…
He reads differently - and offers me different things - every time I read him. And I have read him a great number of times over the course of my life... #Herodotus
