The reign of the Egyptian queen Hatshepsut was one of the most remarkable in Egyptian history. Hatshepsut's reign not only brought a time of stability to the Egyptian empire, but also a period of long term prosperity and improvements to the administration of the empire. Despite Hatshepsut earning the resentment and hatred of Thutmose III, who was supposed to co-rule with Hatshepsut and become Pharaoh in his own right once he came of age, it was Hatshepsut's skill in administration and diplomacy that
- Queen Hatshepsut The Egyptian society was a strong-willed independent society, lead by pharaohs who were important males figures and the heirs to the previous pharaoh but a single woman entirely changed the Egyptian empire for the better, one of the most famous woman pharaoh know today Hatshepsut. Born into power Hatshepsut was one of two children not including her half brothers and sisters. Fathered by Thutmose I the pharaoh during her childhood and her mother Queen Ahmose, Hatshepsut had a very
"great wife of the royal". Two sons of Thutmose I and his eldest daughter Nefrubiti died quite young, remaining Hatshepsut, the younger sister, the only guarantee of the legitimacy of the Board who will become her husband. In this marriage Hatshepsut had not a son. Her husband Tuthmosis II wanted to appoint his successor son, but when the young Tuthmosis III came to the throne, Hatshepsut became regent and immediately assumes the position
become pharaohs, never any females. Yet, a woman did become king and not just an ordinary king. She became the first great woman in recorded history; the forerunner of such figures as Cleopatra, Elizabeth I, and Catherine the Great. Her name was Hatshepsut. Hatshepsut’s reign is usually assigned a length of between 15-20 years. Historical records dispute the length of her reign, so there is no way of knowing exactly how long she actually ruled for. While historians cannot agree on the length of her
Despite this women were no allowed to be king; yet this is exactly what Hatshepsut did. Hatshepsut was recorded as the first great woman who ruled Egypt. Although she was the first great woman Egyptians Although she was the first great woman in history, the Egyptians obliterated her memory so that later pharaohs such as Ramses || and Cleopatra would have been ignorant at the fact that Hatshepsut had even existed. Hatshepsut dressed as a king, even wearing a false beard, but it was said to never
Egypt was the mighty Queen Hatshepsut, the mummies and how they were made, the pyramids and what they used to fight. Queen Hatshepsut was born in 1508 B.C. Being the only daughter of King Thutmose she was anticipated to be queen, so when her father died when she was only 12, she married her half-brother Thutmose II and was queen. After 15 years Thutmose II died leaving Hatshepsut with her daughter and baby boy. Since the boy, Thutmose III, was only a baby, Hatshepsut took his place until he was