Queen Hatshepsut

Queen Hatshepsut

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  1. References Bediz, D. (2009).nbsp; The Story of Hatshepsut.nbsp; Hatshepsut: The Queen who would be King. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Retrieved May 17, 2009 from http:www.bediz.comhatshepindex. htmlKoeller, D.W. (1998, May 8).nbsp; Hatshepsut (1479-1457 BC). WebChron.nbsp; Retrieved May 17,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; 2009 from http:www.thenagain. infoWebChronAfricaHatshepsut.htmlNisotro, R. (2008, April 16).nbsp; His Majesty, Herself ndash; Queen Hatshepsut. nbsp; Retrieved May 17,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; 2009 from http:www.hyperhistory.netapuhbiosb1hatshepsut_3hm_htmWilmore, M. (2009). Hatshepsut the Woman who was King.nbsp; Eyelid Productions.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Retrieved May 17, 2009 from http:www.eyelid.co.ukHatshepsut.htm
  2. Bediz, D. (2009).nbsp; The Story of Hatshepsut.nbsp; Hatshepsut: The Queen who would be King. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Retrieved May 17, 2009 from http:www.bediz.comhatshepindex. htmlKoeller, D.W. (1998, May 8).nbsp; Hatshepsut (1479-1457 BC). WebChron.nbsp; Retrieved May 17,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; 2009 from http:www.thenagain. infoWebChronAfricaHatshepsut.htmlNisotro, R. (2008, April 16).nbsp; His Majesty, Herself ndash; Queen Hatshepsut. nbsp; Retrieved May 17,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; 2009 from http:www.hyperhistory.netapuhbiosb1hatshepsut_3hm_htmWilmore, M. (2009). Hatshepsut the Woman who was King.nbsp; Eyelid Productions.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Retrieved May 17, 2009 from http:www.eyelid.co.ukHatshepsut.htm
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In ancient times, the women of Egypt were given certain privileges that were not enjoyed by their counterparts in other societies like Mesopotamia and Greece.nbsp; Egyptian women may own property, hold office and allowed inheritance from their parents or deceased husbands.nbsp; They may sue in a court of law and exercise her legal rights.nbsp; The role of Egyptian women was not confined in the home but extended to the public arena.nbsp; While Egyptrsquo;s was a society dominated by men, women were granted political and social freedoms.nbsp; Women as queens and regents had a great influence over the kingdomrsquo;s rule like Tetisheri, Anhotep and Ahmose-Nefertary.

nbsp; Under their rule Egypt experienced relative peace and stability.nbsp; The impact of their reign was so significant and they were perceived as powerful women.nbsp; They blazed the trail for Hatshepsut, the extraordinary woman who was queen and pharaoh of Egypt of the 18th dynasty.nbsp; She reigned long and well and was hailed as a woman who became king or Her Majesty, the King.Hatshepsutrsquo;s ascent to power defied conventions.

nbsp; She came before other women in history like Cleopatra, Catherine the Great, and Elizabeth I.nbsp; Hatshepsut was born to King Tuthmose I and Aahmes in the 15th century.nbsp; She was the only girl among the royal couplersquo;s 3 children.nbsp; Her brothers died early and she stood to inherit the throne in the event of Tuthmose Irsquo;snbsp; death.nbsp; She was placed in a unique position of becoming the first female pharaoh.nbsp; She married her half-brother, the son of Tuthmose I by a commoner and harem wife.nbsp; In those times the next in line pharaoh must marry the oldest daughter of his father.

nbsp; That was how Hatshepsut and Tuthmose in effect jointly ruled, and also because Tuthmose was very sickly.nbsp; He died after only 4 years of his rule.nbsp; Hatshepsut had a daughter which many believed to be by her lover and Tuthmose had a son by a commoner.nbsp; Before his death Tuthmose had married off the daughter of Hatshepsut to his son, Tuthmose I.

nbsp; Upon the death of Tuthmose , Tuthmose I was next in line to the throne, but he was very young at that time and could not assume the position of king.nbsp; In his place Hatshepsut stepped in as regent and reigned as Queen Dowager.Hatshepsut was said to have crowned herself, believing that she was the rightful heir to the throne because of her royal bloodline, while her nephew Tuthmose I was more of a commoner than a royal because his mother and grandmother were both commoners and harem wives of the kings Tuthmose I and Tuthmose .nbsp; She sent her nephew Tuthmose I to become a priest but when by some mistake a priest had called him a pharaoh, she ordered him locked up somewhere in the palace.nbsp; As the boy was growing up, there was always the threat of him taking away the position from her.

nbsp;nbsp; She did everything to convince the people of her legitimacy

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as pharaoh.nbsp; The people knew that Tuthmose I was extremely fond of her and she was her favorite daughter.nbsp; This worked in her favor and she was regarded highly by the Egyptian people.nbsp; She also made up a story that the she was the anointed one when the god Amon-Ra spoke to her about making her king of both Upper and Lower Egypt.

nbsp; As king, Hatshepsut took it upon herself to act like one.nbsp; She wore the garments of a king from kilt to headdress to headcloth.nbsp; She even wore a beard.During her rule there were no military campaigns to conquer lands to add to the territories of Egypt.nbsp; In her fatherrsquo;s reign lands from north to south including Palestine became part of Egypt.nbsp; From these conquests, lands were added that soon enlarged the territory of Egypt which presented a problem as they became difficult to manage.

nbsp; Hatshepsut was careful not to commit the blunders of her predecessors who all went to battles left and right but returned to find their kingdoms in greater trouble.nbsp; She was not expected to lead an army into battles.nbsp; Even then, Hatshepsut believed that she did not have to expand their borders, instead she kept peace with the other pharaohs along their borders.nbsp; She believed it was better to expand their trading routes.nbsp; She sent an expedition to what is now Somalia for spices like cinnamon, gold, animals, ivory, ebony, myrrh, incense, eye paint and many more.

nbsp; She had set the example of doing trade with other nations.nbsp; In Hatshepsutrsquo;s reign trade flourished and the life of the people had been relatively well.nbsp;Trade and commerce prospered mainly because of the trading expeditions.

nbsp; Other than trade, Hatshepsut distanced Egypt from the rest of the world.nbsp; She wanted no part in the brewing conflict in the Middle East as well as in the wars of Assyria and Babylonia.nbsp; Hatshepsut and the priests were one in the belief that it would do Egypt good if it would train its focus within its borders.nbsp; Hatshepsutrsquo;s reign was marked with an era of peace and prosperity for Egypt.nbsp; She may not have conquered lands to expand Egyptrsquo;s territories, but none were lost and separated under her watch.Hatshepsut was charming and elegant woman who was able to control Egypt for twenty years.nbsp; She built a fabulous temple to immortalize herself in her final attempt for legitimacy.

nbsp; The temple was constructed in the Valley of the Kings, facing the Thebes.nbsp; Texts inside the temple showed that she claimed to be of divine lineage.nbsp; It stated that the god Amon-Re went inside the body of Tuthmose and made love to Aahmes.nbsp; When Tuthmose I came of age he became king at last.

nbsp; He came to be known as the greatest of all pharaohs and was compared to Napoleon.nbsp; He had her memories and names obliterated from all that would serve to remind people of her.nbsp; Her temple at

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Deir el Bahri was destroyed and her mummy was never found.nbsp; Nothing has been heard of her end but only of suspicions that Tuthmose I has got something to do with it.

nbsp;Even without the tangible reminders of Hatshepsut, the great pharaoh, her qualities and character as a leader and her achievements will be forever remembered.nbsp; It was a golden era for Egypt – a flourishing trade, a nation in peace, a people that lived in relative comfort, and its territories preserved.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;

References

Bediz, D. (2009).nbsp; The Story of Hatshepsut.nbsp; Hatshepsut: The Queen who would be King.

nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Retrieved May 17, 2009 from http:www.bediz.comhatshepindex.

htmlKoeller, D.W. (1998, May 8).nbsp; Hatshepsut (1479-1457 BC).

WebChron.nbsp; Retrieved May 17,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; 2009 from http:www.thenagain.

infoWebChronAfricaHatshepsut.htmlNisotro, R. (2008, April 16).nbsp; His Majesty, Herself ndash; Queen Hatshepsut.

nbsp; Retrieved May 17,nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; 2009 from http:www.hyperhistory.netapuhbiosb1hatshepsut_3hm_htmWilmore, M. (2009). Hatshepsut the Woman who was King.nbsp; Eyelid Productions.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Retrieved May 17, 2009 from http:www.eyelid.co.ukHatshepsut.htm

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