The Importance Of Thutmose III

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Thutmose III was a very interesting pharaoh to both learn about in class, and to read this article about. Thutmose III was extremely important for many different reasons. One of the most memorable things that he did as a pharaoh would be that he fought 17 military campaigns within the time frame of 20 years in Palestine, Syria, and on the Euphrates. He also had more victories then any general in the ancient world. You could describe Thutmose III as a lot of words, but dumb would not be one of them. He had a different way of thinking, which was a good thing and contributed to the success he experienced as pharaoh. He was the first commander to actually carry out a river crossing. Thutmose III also then got the idea to make his troops …show more content…

The people of Kadesh were caught off-guard by this attack, and tried to stop him from invading. Their efforts fell short and Thutmose III ended up pushing right through them and ended up punishing the city by cutting down its fruit trees and taking the recently harvested grain. These actions of intimidation rather then victory continued through his march through the Syrian interior. He marched up the Orontes through Quanta and Tunip and into Senzar. It took a lot of confidence to go through these city-states, but he went and did it unbothered. When he reached Senzar he attacked, once again coming out victorious. There were many more invasions like the one in Arvard where the island government realized that swearing allegiance to Egypt would be better. There was also the attack on Carchemish and when they sailed down the Euphrates and burned down and attacked enemy towns as they went. I’m sure there are much, much more great accomplishments that Thutmose III brought to Egypt. Some things that will always be remembered are that Thutmose III was a great Military genius and was undefeated in his battles. That’s something that can’t be said for many, if any, other pharaohs of his time

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