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Marriage between ancient Chinese cousins is not uncommon, but with the in-depth study of genes and genetics by human beings, people gradually learn that the offspring born in this way have a high probability of causing deformities and birth defects, in order to avoid the birth of tragedy, China as early as 1980 was explicitly forbidden to marry close relatives, and the scope of this close relative is within three generations of direct or collateral lines.
So until now, such a concept has been rooted in people's hearts and has become an ethical and moral concept of self-restraint.
Our country has been a country of etiquette since ancient times, and although the concept is not as strict as it is today, at least people are not foolish enough to intermarry with their immediate family.
As a nomadic people in the north, the Xiongnu's living habits are very different from those of the Central Plains, and we know from some history that they had a system of inheritance and marriage
When a father dies, his wife and his stepmother die, and when a brother dies, he takes his wife and wife.
This marriage system is already absurd and uninhibited in the eyes of the Central Plains, and even called it "unethical behavior", but compared with the marriage contract of the ancient Egyptian royal family, it is simply a small witch.
Ancient Egyptian royal marriage customs
Ancient Egypt as one of the world's four ancient countries, the culture has a long history, as early as two hundred years ago, Egypt appeared signs of human activities, 7,500 years, ancient Egyptian people established early cities.
More than 6,000 years ago, ancient Egypt gave birth to a good pharaoh, and he also became a good ruler, leading the local people to establish the first dynasty. These three thousand years of history have left a precious treasure for future generations, and also left many mysterious mysteries that are still difficult to solve.
In the ancient Egyptian dynasty, a very complete system of writing and kingdoms was formed, and the most shocking rule was their royal marriage customs.
According to historical records, the marriage of close relatives in ancient Egypt is a common thing, of course, this close relatives marriage is not taboo at all, whether it is a cousin relationship or a brother and sister, or even a father and daughter who are fully related by blood, as long as both parties are willing, they can marry, and the real cases in history are a big catch.
Real cases
For example, in ancient Egypt, Cleopatra, her husband was her own brother, who was also the king of Egypt at that time, XIII. Four years later, Her husband died, and they had no heirs, and another younger brother took over the new kingship of Egypt. The queen became married to her brother.
However, this king XIV did not last or too long, but the Roman Empire developed very strongly, and there was a lot of friction between the Roman Empire and ancient India, and xivah was killed by Julius Caesar.
There was also Pharaoh Rames II of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, who seemed to be very keen on such marriages, and of his eight queens, two were even his own daughters, not to mention the others.
However, through research, people learned an unexpected fact, the royal family at that time did not simply like or allow close relatives to marry, but had to marry close relatives.
Why intermarry by blood?
In ancient Egyptian culture, Pharaoh was a man standing at the top of the pyramid, who not only had absolute power, but was also considered the embodiment of the gods, and his people would develop an almost obsessive worship and fanaticism toward pharaoh, even feeling honored by kissing Pharaoh's feet.
Such dominant ideas come from ancient and religious cultures, because the blood of the gods must be the purest and most sacred, so ordinary mortals certainly cannot be touched and defiled at will.
In religious mythology, the marriage of close relatives of gods is not a minority, such as Osiris, the king of Pluto, and Isis, the goddess of fertility, who are actually a pair of brothers and sisters. Even God can do this, let alone man.
Originally, Pharaoh was the embodiment of God, and it was necessary to maintain the pure blood of God, and in order to achieve this goal, the best way was to intermarry with his blood relatives. Of course, this idea was not only believed by the people, but even the elders themselves were convinced, whether in the murals and books of that era, we can clearly see it.
If the influence of religion is ignored, this marriage custom can also ensure that the power of the kingdom remains in this family forever, avoid the seizure of power by foreign surnames, and greatly ensure the centralized rights and interests of the royal family.
In addition, the idea of son preference was not popular in ancient Egypt, on the contrary, women's status was generally high, and it was even considered a kind of property, and women could not only enjoy inheritance rights, but also become pharaohs.
If a woman marries somewhere else to marry and have children, in their eyes, it is equivalent to the property falling into the hands of others, so that from generation to generation, the wealth of the royal family will naturally become less and less. In order to "fertilize the water and not flow into the fields of outsiders", they simply started first.
Under the influence of such extreme religious ideas, although they protected their wealth, the offspring they produced became victims.
Therefore, looking at the royal family at that time, the basic life expectancy was not long, and the probability of premature death in the early years was very large, and a large part of the people left a lot of mutilations even if they grew up.
brief summary
These reasons are also the speculations and explanations made by scholars based on the existing materials, but ancient Egypt is so long away from today, there may be more reasons hidden behind it, and we cannot conclude the conclusive conclusion.
After all, ancient Egypt has left many puzzles for mankind, and it seems that everything has a complex meaning behind it. Even if it seems unacceptable today, from the perspective of history, combined with the times and background, we should also abandon prejudices to get as objective and true answers as possible.