Hatshepsut

(noun)

The fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, who expanded Egyptian trade.

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Examples of Hatshepsut in the following topics:

  • Hatshepsut

    • Hatshepsut established trade networks that helped build the wealth of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
    • The Hatshepsut needle, a granite obelisk, is considered another great accomplishment.
    • Hatshepsut was not the first female ruler of Egypt.
    • This statue of Hatshepsut is housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
    • Hatshepsut, on the right, is shown having the trappings of a greater role.

  • Ancient Egyptian Trade

    • Queen Hatshepsut sent ships for myrrh in Punt, and extended Egyptian trade into modern-day Somalia and the Mediterranean.

  • The New Kingdom

    • It was ruled by pharaohs Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, Akhenaten, Tutankhamun and Ramesses II.
    • The Eighteenth Dynasty, also known as the Thutmosid Dynasty, contained some of Egypt's most famous pharaohs, including Ahmose I, Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, Amenhotep III, Akhenaten (c. 1353-1336 BCE) and his queen Nefertiti, and Tutankhamun.
    • Queen Hatshepsut (c. 1479 - 1458 BCE) concentrated on expanding Egypt's external trade by sending a commercial expedition to the land of Punt, and was the longest-reigning woman pharaoh of an indigenous dynasty.