Solomon's Magic [First Update]

When Solomon was seventeen, David died, and he inherited the throne of Israel.

Perhaps because of the legacy left behind by Moses and Ozymandias, Israel and Egypt, the two strongest neighboring nations, enjoyed good relations.

After ascending the throne, Solomon married the Egyptian Pharaoh's daughter. With the Egyptians' help, Israel grew immensely powerful and reached the height of its prosperity.

At the time, Egypt's Pharaoh even captured and burned Gaza City, which belonged to the disobedient Canaanites, before presenting it to Solomon.

To make his nation stronger, Solomon reinforced his position through marriage alliances, wedding the daughters and sisters of kings from various lands. At the same time, continuing the traditions left by King David, the Solomon Empire remained commerce-oriented, with all government institutions serving trade. The maritime trade he developed traveled between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, even reaching as far as Africa.

Through commerce and taxation, he built the kingdom into a flourishing state while continuously expanding the influence of Israel and Christianity.

Many nations that had once been conquered by the Israelites, along with numerous other small countries, were won over by Israel's prosperity. Unlike the military conquest tactics of the past, Solomon successfully drew neighboring nations from all directions to pay homage and visit by making his country prosperous and constructing new palaces and wonders.

Christianity thus gradually spread in another, gentler way.

For this reason, Yahweh was quite satisfied with Solomon.

Yet even so, Israel's prosperity still fell short of Egypt's.

It was not only Yahweh who noticed this; Solomon did as well.

Egypt had maintained its unity and prosperity for a thousand years, naturally due to many important factors: its excellent bureaucratic system, the social mobility brought by its official examinations and education system, the endless wealth generated by finance and trade,