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[QUOTE]Originally posted by supercar: [QB] [QUOTE]Osiris II writes: Supercar--drop the know it all, condensending attitude. It demeans you no end. There is a possiblity, one that you would discount, that you might be wrong in your statements.[/b][/QUOTE] [IMG]http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/icons/icon13.gif[/IMG] Reactions of hypocrites like yourself doesn’t surprise me the least bit. But let me make one thing very clear to you: I don’t take orders from anyone, as to whether I should disagree with them or not, and whether to express that disagreement or not! It is you who has the condescending attitude of thinking that you have the last word. YOUR word is supposed to be the last word over what Egyptians thought or what any other historians think about that era [IMG]http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/rolleyes.gif[/IMG], regardless of what reality entailed. Whenever necessary, I will expose the stupidity of reasoning such as the one you are making, with or without your approval. I will post whatever I see as a valid view, and anyone who sees that view otherwise, reserves the right to counter it. The onus is on that opponent to provide a more valid statement, and back it up! If I am wrong in my statement, then prove that I am wrong. That is your responsibility, but don’t be whining about whether I should have held such a view! [QUOTE]Osiris II writes: [b]Accepted by the populous or not, Alexander conquered the Persians and became the "legitimite" ruler of Egypt. On his death, his generals became his hiers. And one of these was Ptolomy, who gained possession, rightly or wrongly, of Egypt. In other words, he became the "legimite" ruler. The last of the line of rulers of Egypt who was a Ptolomy was Cleopatra VII. This made her the "legitimite" ruler, whether the Egyptian people wanted a Ptolomaic ruler or not. It didn't matter what she was, really--time and the world have accepted her as the last of the line of Ptolomaic rulers of Egypt. Do you won a house? You are considered the legitimite owner. That might be argued by the Native Americans, though--and then there is the ownership of the bank, until your loan is paid. The use of the word "legitimite" is open for debate in quite a few definitions. Try to have an overall view of its use in this case.[/b][/QUOTE] What a weak argument or reasoning for your earlier statement! First of all, can you prove that the Ptolemaic rulers were able to extend full authority all over Egypt, not to mention particularly the Upper Egyptians? We have seen foreign rulers who had left the various Upper Egyptian regions to be autonomous regions, in terms of taking care of their political matters, because of the lack of those foreign rulers to be able to "fully" extend their leadership to the entire Egyptian nation. In this regard, the Hyksos rulers comes to mind. The local Egyptian resistance played no small part in such developments. So now, can you prove that the Upper Egyptians stayed in line with Ptolemaic laws and that they weren’t left alone to handle their own political affairs, in order to ease tension between them and the Greeks? Who are you then, to say that the Ptolemaic rulers were the last “legitimate” rulers of dynastic Egypt? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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