I was a priest in the city-state era

After the upper reaches of the Mesopotamian River Basin were occupied by the ancient Aryans, a group of people who worshipped the goddess of the earth migrated to the northern part of Syria and established a city-state called Ebla.

With the invasion of the Amorites, a branch of the ancient Aryans, the Kingdom of Ebla was destroyed, and the Amorites established a city-state called Yamhad in northern Syria.

During the period when the city of Babylon established by the Amorites was at its strongest, the Amorite city-states in the upper reaches of the Mesopotamian River Basin, the Babylonian region and the Syrian region, and the Sumerian city-states in the Sumerian region were all unified under the banner of the Babylonian Kingdom.

With the decline of the power of the Babylonian City, the Babylonian Kingdom was already in name only, and the Amorite city of Yamhad became the actually independent Kingdom of Yamhad.

The Hittite Kingdom launched an invasion of the Kingdom of Yamhad, and the various city-states in the Mesopotamian Plain did not unite to resist because the various city-states of the Babylonian Kingdom were not only scattered, but also attacked each other and had a blood feud.

If the city-states of the Babylonian Kingdom united to fight against the Hittite Kingdom, the Hittite Kingdom would never have been able to conquer the Babylonian Kingdom.

Because the Hittite Kingdom had only about 20,000 soldiers attacking the Mesopotamian region, while the population of the Mesopotamian region was over a million.

The Hittite Kingdom had too few soldiers, which was the main reason why the Hittite princess Hatepuna invited Roy to attack the Babylonian Kingdom together.

Because conquering the Babylonian Kingdom was also Roy's goal, Roy finally accepted Hatepuna's invitation.

The Amorites established the Yamhad Kingdom on the site of the old Ebla Kingdom.

However, when conquering the Ebla Kingdom, the capital of the Ebla Kingdom, Ebla City, was destroyed by the Amorites.

So the capital of the Yamhad Kingdom was not Ebla City, but a new city called Aleppo.

Aleppo City.

When Roy followed the Hittite envoy to this city, he saw that although the city was occupied by the Hittites, the city itself was not greatly affected.

Apparently, the Hittite Kingdom did not destroy the city in order to rule here for a long time.

Next to the palace of Aleppo, there are two temples, one large and one small.

Seeing the statues outside the temple, Roy recognized at a glance that the statue enshrined in the large temple was the god of thunder [Zeus] worshipped by the Amorites, a branch of the ancient Aryans.

The statue enshrined in the small temple was the sun goddess Istanus [Astarte Aphrodite] worshipped by the tribe of the earth goddess.

Came to the magnificent palace hall.

Roy saw a girl wearing women's armor and hiding her face with a helmet sitting on the throne.

The girl's whole body was hidden, and Roy could only see the beautiful silver hair hanging down to her waist under her helmet.

On both sides of the aisle of the hall, there were two rows of nobles with different clothing styles.

Obviously, some of these nobles were Hittite nobles, and some were Amorite nobles.

After the Hittite Kingdom conquered the Yamhad Kingdom, it not only did not eliminate the local nobles, but continued to let the Amorites hold high positions.

Three middle-aged male priests stood in the center of the hall, arguing excitedly with the silver-haired girl on the throne.

"Princess Hatepuna! Since the Hittite Kingdom conquered the Amorites, then our Amorites' god of thunder and storms should become the king of gods of the Hittite Kingdom."

"We Amorites are a branch of the ancient Aryans who worship the god of thunder. Now the Hittite Kingdom conquers the Amorites, and the Amorites are the Hittites. The king of gods worshipped by the Amorites is the king of gods worshipped by the Hittites."

"Although we Amorites were conquered by the Hittites, the Amorites' god of thunder is more powerful than the Hittite sun goddess. The Hittite Kingdom should worship the god of thunder as the guardian god."

Because the Hittite Kingdom conquered the Amorites, the Amorites would also be Hittites in the future.

The Amorites worshipped the God of Thunder, which was equivalent to the Hittites worshipping the God of Thunder.

The Amorites worshipped the God of Thunder as the King of Gods, which was equivalent to the Hittites worshipping the God of Thunder as the King of Gods——

Hearing the heresy of the three priests of the God of Thunder, Roy was completely shocked by their shamelessness.

Although the Hittite Kingdom conquered the Amorites, the Amorites were indeed Hittites in the future.

The Amorites worshipped the God of Thunder, which was equivalent to the Hittites worshipping the God of Thunder.

However, the Amorites were a group conquered by the Hittite Kingdom, so how could the God of Thunder have the qualifications to claim to be the King of Gods of the Hittite Kingdom.

However, the Mycenaeans, Amorites and other ancient Aryan branches were not lacking in ancestral shamelessness.

Even if they had declined in real history, they still had to fabricate myths to blow the God of Thunder into the King of Gods.

"You should be thankful that you are now conquered by the Hittite Kingdom. If the Athenian Empire conquered the northern part of Syria, I would definitely make you lifelong slaves and let you personally knock down the Thunder God statue in the Thunder Temple."

Roy's voice instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the hall.

The Hittite envoy standing with Roy hurriedly introduced.

"Princess Hatepuna, the distinguished guest next to me is the Emperor of the Athenian Empire."

"What a surprise."

Hatepuna on the throne looked at Roy with her beautiful ruby-like eyes and said.

"You look more like a young prince than an emperor who rules over millions of people."

After exchanging a glance with Roy, Hatepuna said to the three priests of the Thunder God in an unhappy tone.

"The priestess of Istanus is not as annoying as you. Get out of here quickly. The status of your god of thunder in the Hittite Kingdom is not determined by you conquered Amorites, but by us Hittites."

After the three priests of the god of thunder left unwillingly, Hatepuna looked at Roy again.

"Roy, the emperor of the Athenian Empire-welcome to the Hittite Kingdom. Now I am Princess Hatepuna of the Hittite Kingdom. On my left is General Hantiri and on my right is General Telepin. They are all powerful princes of the Hittite Kingdom."

In this era, whether it is the Kingdom of Egypt, the Hittite Kingdom, or the Kingdom of Babylon, they are all nominally unified into one kingdom, but in fact, each city-state is actually independent.

The symbol of the actual independence of the city-states of the Hittite Kingdom is that the city-state princes who married into the royal family often usurped the throne of the orthodox royal family.

Hantiri and Telepin in front of Roy were the Hittite kings who usurped the throne in the history of another world.

In the history of another world, the sister of the current Hittite king Mursili married Hantili, a local lord.

After the war of the Hittite Kingdom conquering the Babylonian Kingdom, Hantili killed Mursili and usurped the throne of his elder brother-in-law.

Telepin was also a Hittite king who usurped the throne of his younger brother-in-law, but he should be a historical figure fifty years later.

Telepin appeared in this world fifty years earlier - proving that the history of this world is not exactly the same as that of another world.

To the left of the Hittite princess Hatepna is Hantili, and to the right is Telepin.

Just like Wang Mang standing on the left and Cao Cao standing on the right.

The reason why the Hittite Kingdom had so many brothers-in-law and brothers-in-law usurping the throne of their elder and younger brothers-in-law was not only because the city-state lords of the Hittite Kingdom had strong power, but also because the Hittite Kingdom regarded the sun goddess as the guardian of the country and retained the tradition that the princess's right to inherit the throne was not inferior to that of the prince.