Thutmose Cause And Effect

1. Biography

a. Family

• Thutmose I= Father

• Akheperenre(aka Thutmose II)= Half-Brother/Husband

• Amenmose= Brother

• Wadjmose= Brother

• Ramose= half-brother

• Thutmose III= Nephew

• Neferure= Daughter

• Amenhotep I= Uncle

• Neferubity= Sister

• Ahmose= Mother

• Menkheperre(aka Thutmose III)= step-son

b. Birth

• Born 1508 BCE to 1458 BCE

• Thebes, Egypt

• The child to the Egyptian King, Thutmose I, and queen, Ahmose

• After her father died, at age 12, she married her half-brother Thutmose II

• During Thutmose II reign, Hatshepsut had the role of queen and principal wife

c. Important People/Events in Life

• Had a daughter named Neferure w/ Thutmose II

• When Thutmose II died after a 15 year reign, Thutmose III, his son w/ Isis, took the throne

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Since he was too young for throne, Hatshepsut served as his regent, and she took the role of pharaoh
• She had herself depicted in the traditional king's kilt and crown, as well as having a fake beard and a male body
• This was a way of asserting her authority and power
• She was able to recruit supporters, and many of them were men her father favored
• One of the advisors named Senenmut was Hatshepsut's servant and rose in power with her
• She undertook an extensive building program for temples
d. Death
• Died in 1458 B.C.
• According to some scientists, they say that her death was caused by an ointment or salve that was used to cause a chronic genetic skin conidtion
• A treatment that contained a toxic ingredient
• OR she could have died from bone cancer
• She was buried in the Valley of the Kings, located in the hills behind Deir el-Bahri
• Before her death, she reburied her father's sarcophagus next to her tomb, so they could be together
• Thutmose III destroyed Hatshepsut's monuments, erased her inscriptions and constructed a wall around her obelisks(tall, 4 sided, narrow tampering monument)
2. Contributions to History/Society/Culture
a. Contribution- what was it? Why is/was it important?
• Under Hastshepsut's reign, Egypt prospered
• She attained unpredicted power and adopted the full titles and regalia of a pharaoh
• She was interested more in ensuring economic prosperity and building and restoring monuments throughout Egypt and Nubia
• She followed the gods commands by having the expedition to Punt, where offerings to the gods were made
• She extended Egyptian trade and oversaw ambitious building projects
• Hatshepsut fought to defend its legitimacy
• Her reign was a period of wealth, peace, and prosperity
• She added grand buldings and statues
b. What she did after contribution was made?
• She built the temple Djeser-djeseru aka holiest of holy places, which was dedicated to Amon and served as a funerary cult
• She had a notable trading expedition to the Land of Punt and her ships returned with gold, ivory, and myrrh trees
• Also, she brought other vast riches such as ebony, leopard skins, and incsense from the land Punt
• The temple of Deir el-Bahri which was located in western Thebes, was a building project she made so she could be buried there
• Another temples she had, called Temple of Pakhet, was a massive underground complex carved into a cliff wall, and it was used to shame the Hyksos people who had taken over Egypt.
c.

Effect/Influence of contribution on her and on society

• Hatshepsut allowed Egypt to prosper and extended trade routes with other lands for the goods of her people. She also had building projects such as temples for the society, so they could have a holy place.

• She restored the former glory of the Hyksos

• Had the longest reign of any Egyptian female and was one of the most successful rulers in Egypt

3. Opinion on Her Peers on Contribution Person

a. Opinion on Contribution/Person

• To me, under Hatshepsut ruling as a pharaoh, Egypt was able to explore, grow, and expand in buildings. Not only did she allow the trade routes to expand to the Land of Punt which became a major trade partner for supplying Egypt, she grew Egypt with hundreds of grand buildings and architects. Also, she flourished Egypt and her reign was not a warlike reign, it was more of a peaceful one. Under Egypt, Hatshepsut was a powerful ruler, a religious leader, and a successful pharaoh.

• Her period of ruling, served Egypt well since it was able to grow immensely with all her contributions to the buildings, and the trade routes she expanded. Since her reign was a period about wealth, prosperity, and peace, it led Egypt to a peaceful and holy

life.