How Did King Thutmose III Get His Right

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King Thutmose III was one of the greatest and most famous kings of the New Kingdom. Thutmose III was the son of King Thutmose II and Isis, his second wife. In addition, King Thutmose II wed queen Hatshepsut, his half-sister, who gave birth to his daughter, princess Neferura. According to the Karnak King-list, King Thutmose III ruled the country for 52 (or 53) years, but in fact he ruled for only 30 years as a sole ruler, apart from the 20 years of the reign of Queen Hatshepsut, as well as the two years of her formal regency. During his reign, the Egyptian borders extended from the 4th cataract in the south, all the way to the Euphrates in the north. Thutmose II realized that his son Thutmose III did not have the full right to ascend the throne of Egypt. He was therefore not …show more content…

After 20 years of Hatshepsut’s reign, Thutmose III gained his right to the throne, which was usurped by his aunt and stepmother Queen Hatshepsut, who kept him in the shadow, so he decided to take revenge from her. The methods which were used by King Thutmose III to revenge from Hatshepsut: 1-He ignored the whole period (20 years) of the reign of Queen Hatshepsut, and he added them to his own reign. 2- He erased the names of Queen Hatshepsut from her cartouches on all her monuments, statues and scenes and inscribed his own names inside these cartouches. 3-When he was unable to break her monuments – as the case of her famous obelisks at Karnak situated between the 4th and 5th pylons, he only built a high wall in order to hide her glories and prevent her from the blessing of the gods and commemoration. His military achievements: King Thutmose III was a genius military-minded person, as he conducted several campaigns, their number reached 17. Sixteen of them were sent to Asia, while the seventeenth one was sent to Nubia. The most important and famous battle of Thutmose III was known as the “Battle of Megiddo” in which he

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