The "Mother of Cities," as it was called, was one of the chief centers of religion in Africa. The Blacks were a very religious people and had quite a number of religious cities, each one under the special patronage of a god, goddess or any number of deities . The gods and goddesses of Thebes were among the most important because their city was so important. Because religion to the Africans was far more than ritual reflecting beliefs, but a reality reflected in their actual way of life, religion from the earliest times became the dynamic force in the development of all the major aspects of black civilization .
The belief in immortality was a simple matter of course, and beyond
the realm of debate . This belief in life after death was the great inspiration for building on
so grand a scale, attempting to erect structures that would stand forever. Necessity, therefore, gave birth to the mathematical sciences required for building the amazing pyramids and the architectural designs for the most elaborate system of temple-building the world has ever known . As the City of Amon, the King of the Gods, and of his wife, the great goddess Mut, the temples and monuments to them alone had to be on a massive scale. There was also the war god of Thebes, the source of the power of the mightiest armies, the proudest and most fearless warriors . From this center of the empire alone, 20,000 war chariots could be put
Europe and Asia seized and transported from Africa as much of the
artifacts of its civilization as they could. Cambyses, for example, as early as the sixth century B.C.,hauled away over $100,000,000 of precious
historical materials from Thebes alone . Cambyses was only one of countless thousands who invaded the tomb repositories of black history
during each of the many periods of foreign invasions and foreign rule . For these tombs not only contained valuable historical records in different forms, but also great treasures in gold and precious stones . In these cases, the historical records were generallydestroyed incidentally, and not deliberately. The raids on graves and the great tombs were for the great treasures to be found there. But the stolen gold and other treasures were of no importance when compared with the mass of priceless historical materials that are scattered over Europe and Asia, some in museums, some destroyed or thrown away, all from from the heartland of black civilization . Today the descendants of the robbers still smugly declare, "The Blacks never had any worthwhile history ; if so, where are their records?"
The still interesting fact about Thebes is that many of its formerly great temples were prehistoric ruins even five thousand years ago . The most ancient temple at Karnak, for example, in what was the center of Nowe, goes back beyond the reach of man's records . No other city on earth ever had so many temples, and even today there are more ruins of temples there than anywhere in the world . Because of the splendor of their architectural designs and the colossal size of the structures, they, like the pyramids, became wonders of the world . Religion was not-only
the immediate occasion for the development of art and architecture, but it also inspired the drive for bigness, the grand design on a scale as huge as human skill and effort could achieve . Nothing less was befitting of the gods.
The keepers of the temples of Thebes and elsewhere became a powerful priesthood, thus indirectly reducing the power and influence
of chiefs and kings who, in traditional Africa, derived their real powers as the official intermediaries between the gods, sainted ancestors and the people. If an African king or chief had any real political power, it was acquired either by virtue of his religious functions or because of the
prestige of being a great general and victorious warrior. Otherwise, the Council was the constitutional center of power.
Moreover, religion became the basis of political power in a subtle and much more far-reaching sense . For back behind the impenetrable
I into the field. The hierarchy of deities not only included numerous
lesser gods and goddesses, but also a long line of venerated former kings, queens and ancestors. All of this not only inspired endless temple
building at Thebes but also a concentration on attaining the highest standards of excellence. This in turn called for reflective thinking, invention and discovery. Many of the temples were what we would call colleges, as the different fields of study were temple-centered. Here scholars from foreign lands came to study, and from here, religious ideas and architectural designs spread abroad . The early Greeks and Romans eagerly copied from both, reshaped them and made them integral parts of an "original" Western culture. During periods of decline or conquests,

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The Blacks were a very religious people and had quite a number of religious cities, each one under the special patronage of a god, goddess or any number of deities. The gods and goddesses of Thebes were among the most important because their city was so important. Because religion to the Africans was far more than ritual reflecting beliefs, but a reality reflected in their actual way of life, [size=20pt]religion from the earliest times became the dynamic force in the development of all the major aspects of black civilization.[/size]

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The belief in immortality was a simple matter of course, and beyond the realm of debate.

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Africa is the cradle of humanity, civilization, philosophy, physical sciences, commerce, metarlurgy, agriculture, Pretty much all the core recipes of civility.