Imagine being told that you should not be a ruler because you are not a man. Hatshepsut took the opinions people had about who can and cannot be a ruler and proved them wrong.
A. Hatshepsut was a female born to a wealthy Egyptian family.
Hatshepsut had a very long and eventful life. She married her half-brother. Once he died she took the throne young and held the throne for twenty years. Her legacy was just beginning.
Hatshepsut was the first female pharaoh of Egypt. Her legacy consisted of her birth, marriage and early years, becoming pharaoh, reign, and her death.
Born in the 16th century B.C. Hatshepsut was conceived, born, and inherited an empire during the 18th dynasty of Egypt.
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She is presumed dead but “it is possible she was removed from power by Thutmose III” (Hatshepsut).
Hatshepsut’s stepson orders her history to be destroyed.
1. After conquering areas and expanding Egyptian territory Thutmose III “sought to remove all evidence that Hatshepsut had ever ruled” (“Hatshepsut”).
2. Thutmose III had ordered “her statues destroyed and her name removed from a number of monuments, and later king lists would include a fictional pharaoh” (“Hatshepsut”).
3. This fictional pharaoh’s name that took her place was “Amensis” (“Hatshepsut”).
Hatshepsut remained unaccounted for in history for centuries.
1. Hatshepsut’s name went missing for centuries “because 20 years after her death, Thutmose III ordered an inexplicable attack on Hatshepsut’s legacy” (“The Feminine Kingdom”).
The things that various things that made Hatshepsut who she was as pharaoh were “demolished: the cartouches bearing her name were erased from sculptures, those statues of her bearing Kingly regalia were broken, and only those of her as queen were spared” (“The Feminine Kingdom”). D. The differences that Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III had resulted in her stepson destroying her legacy that would not be restored for centuries to
A. Hatshepsut was a female born to a wealthy Egyptian family.
Hatshepsut had a very long and eventful life. She married her half-brother. Once he died she took the throne young and held the throne for twenty years. Her legacy was just beginning.
Hatshepsut was the first female pharaoh of Egypt. Her legacy consisted of her birth, marriage and early years, becoming pharaoh, reign, and her death.
Born in the 16th century B.C. Hatshepsut was conceived, born, and inherited an empire during the 18th dynasty of Egypt.
Hatshepsut came into this world …show more content…
She is presumed dead but “it is possible she was removed from power by Thutmose III” (Hatshepsut).
Hatshepsut’s stepson orders her history to be destroyed.
1. After conquering areas and expanding Egyptian territory Thutmose III “sought to remove all evidence that Hatshepsut had ever ruled” (“Hatshepsut”).
2. Thutmose III had ordered “her statues destroyed and her name removed from a number of monuments, and later king lists would include a fictional pharaoh” (“Hatshepsut”).
3. This fictional pharaoh’s name that took her place was “Amensis” (“Hatshepsut”).
Hatshepsut remained unaccounted for in history for centuries.
1. Hatshepsut’s name went missing for centuries “because 20 years after her death, Thutmose III ordered an inexplicable attack on Hatshepsut’s legacy” (“The Feminine Kingdom”).
The things that various things that made Hatshepsut who she was as pharaoh were “demolished: the cartouches bearing her name were erased from sculptures, those statues of her bearing Kingly regalia were broken, and only those of her as queen were spared” (“The Feminine Kingdom”). D. The differences that Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III had resulted in her stepson destroying her legacy that would not be restored for centuries to