Egypten 4.4 :: Hatshepsut (1502 – 1482 BC)
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18th Dynasty, New Kingdom
Female rulers were rare in Egypt although they did exist. Queen Hatshepsut was one of them.
She was the daughter of Thutmosis I and wife of her own half-brother, Thuthmosis II, who died after only a few years on the throne. Thutmosis III was then only a child and so, Hatshepsut began ruling on his behalf. After about a year, Hatshepsut took royal names and titles.
Queen Hatshepsut drove through a number of major construction projects, especially at Thebes where Karnak was expanded even further. She also commissioned the building of a beautiful memorial temple on the west bank of the Nile. The texts and images on the temple walls tell of a trading voyage to the land of Punt and Hatshepsut’s divine birth as daughter of the god Amon.
Relations with neighbouring countries were predominantly peaceful with a flourishing trade and merchandise pouring into the country such as exotic products from Punt, gold from Nubia, ivory from Africa, cedar wood from the Levant and stone from the Eastern Desert.
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