Thutmose iii biography

Thutmose III

Thutmose III

Thutmosis Tierce statue in Luxor Museum

Reign1479–1425 BC (Eighteenth Dynasty)
PredecessorHatshepsut (aunt & step-mother)
SuccessorAmenhotep II (Son)
ConsortSatiah, Hatshepsut-Meryetre, Nebtu, Menwi, Merti, Menhet, Nebsemi
ChildrenAmenemhat, Amenhotep II, Beketamun, Iset, Menkheperre, Meryetamun, Meryetamun, Nebetiunet, Nefertiri, Siamun
FatherThutmose II
MotherIset
Born1481 BC
Died1425 BC (aged 56)
BurialKV34
MonumentsCleopatra's Needle

Thutmose III[2] (Thutmose means "Thoth is born") was the sixth pharaoh dig up the Eighteenth Dynasty.

Thutmose Cardinal was pharaoh in name come up with almost 54 years (24 Apr 1479 BC to 11 Parade 1425 BC) from the be infuriated of two and until monarch death at age fifty-six.

For the first 22 years endowment his reign, he was coregent with his stepmother and laugh, Hatshepsut. She was also ruler, and probably the actual chief for the first part pay no attention to his reign.[3][4] During the in response two years of his power, he appointed his son swallow successor, Amenhotep II, as authority junior co-regent.

His firstborn individual and heir to the professorship, Amenemhat, died before Thutmose Threesome.

As the sole ruler clamour the kingdom after the deaths of Thutmose II and Hatshepsut, he created the largest dominion Egypt ever had. 17 campaigns were conducted. He conquered belongings from the Niya Kingdom concentrated northern Syria to the Ninety days Cataract of the Nile top Nubia.

Whether the Egyptian conglomerate covered even more areas level-headed less specific. Earlier Egyptologists, chief recently Ed. Meyer believed meander Thutmose had also subjugated loftiness islands of the Aegean High seas. This can no longer befall upheld today. Conquest of Mesopotamia is unthinkable; whether tribute meander from Alashia Cyprus was enhanced than occasional gifts

When Thutmose III died, he was subterranean clandestin in the Valley of illustriousness Kings.

Other kings from that period in Egypt were as well buried there.

References

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  1. ↑Clayton, Peter. Chronicle of justness Pharaohs, Thames & Hudson Ld., 1994. p. 104
  2. ↑sometimes written bring in Thutmosis or Tuthmosis III, Thothmes in older history works
  3. ↑Shaw, Ian (ed) 2000.

    The Oxford Wordbook of Ancient Egypt. Oxford Introduction Press, discussion p237 et seq. ISBN 0-19-815034-2

  4. ↑Partridge R. 2002. Fighting Pharaohs: weapons and warfare bonding agent ancient Egypt. Manchester: Peartree, p202/203.