She repaired many of Egypt's temples and secular buildings that had been severely damaged by invasion in years past.

Hatshepsut is known to have greatly expanded Egypt's commerce with Asia, Nubia and Libya, and she sent expeditions to far-off places that Egypt had never traded with before. She didn't kill her husband's son, and some evidence suggests that they became co-rulers, Thutmose III in charge of the military, while Hatshepsut concentrated upon improving Egypt's commerce and infrastructure, and upon religious matters. Declaring that the gods had appointed her as her husband's successor, she declared herself 'King of Upper and Lower Egypt' and began wearing all of the trappings of a King, including a false beard. Thutmose II died in his early thirties while his son was still a child, and in her early teens Hatshepsut became the young pharaoh's regent, and thus ruler of all Egypt.Īpparently, Hatshepsut liked the job and decided that she wanted to keep it. She and Thutmose II had a daughter together, but no son, and Thutmose II declared a son he had with a palace concubine to be his heir and successor. She became Queen when her father died and her husband (and half-brother) Thutmose II became Pharaoh. Hatshepsut was born the daughter of King Thutmose I and Queen Ahmose. It was Egypt’s most prosperous time and marked the peak of its power. The New Kingdom followed the Second Intermediate Period and was succeeded by the Third Intermediate Period. Radiocarbon dating places the exact beginning of the New Kingdom between 1570–1544 BC. The New Kingdom of Egypt, also referred to as the Egyptian Empire, is the period in ancient Egyptian history between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC, covering the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Dynasties of Egypt.

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