How did ancient Egypt invade neighboring Nubia?

In fact, the two countries are highly complementary economically. Animal husbandry in Nubia is relatively developed, while agriculture in ancient Egypt has a high level of development. With the friendly exchanges between the two sides, the spread of production technology has also promoted the development of their respective productive forces. However, trade needs to be paid. While the kings of ancient Egypt obtained ivory, spices and high-quality wood, they also began to feel sorry for the food they paid. Driven by interests, they finally went south to start looting and had no money to start a business.

Shortly after menes unified Egypt, it increased the scale and frequency of its aggression against Nubia. After the victorious team returned to South Korea, they smugly carved their victory achievements and everything that happened on the Wutan monument in order to be immortal. A sandstone in the existing Sudan National Museum vividly records the war of aggression against Nubia on the Nile during the reign of the third king of the first dynasty. There is a crescent-shaped ship in the picture, with the bow and stern tilted. There are many bodies floating in the river below the boat. There is a man hanging on the bow (probably the clan leader of Nubia), and another man is holding a bow with his hands cut behind his back, indicating that the king has won Nubia.

Since then, successive kings have been handed down with the inscription of defeating Nubia, which seems to have become their "fine tradition", and the situation became even more serious when King Snefru of the fourth dynasty came. In just one war, he brought back 7,000 prisoners of war and 200,000 cattle and sheep from Nubia! Prisoners of war became slaves, and cattle and sheep became their food. After that, they persisted and forced Nubian leaders to beg for gold for them.

The ancient Egyptian dynasty once produced many exquisite gold products. It seems that many raw materials come from Nubia. In addition to gold, the ancient Egyptians did not even let go of copper mines. After plundering the gold and copper mines, Nubian timber will be cut down to make a big ship, and the mined stones will be transported back, waiting for a statue for the royal family. Since there are few trees in Egypt, these ships were demolished after returning and the wood was used for other purposes. The group of people who retreated from the land came back with elephants and donkeys and a lot of spices, ebony, ivory and leopard skin. It was really full of food.

Judging from the inscription on the gold container with handle unearthed from the king's tomb, it should be a sacrifice for the queen or queen.