Thutmose III was a great warrior pharaoh. His reign was one of intense battle with one campaign followed by another. According to the stele of Thutmose III, over 350 cities fell to the Egyptians under his rule. There is little doubt that his numerous campaigns were extremely successful. He has, in fact, been referred to as the "Napoleon of Ancient Egypt" because of his military expansion.
Thutmose III was very young when his father, Thutmose II, died and was the co-regent of his stepmother, Hatshepsut. Thutmose was given an education befitting his royal station. He would have learned about everything from culture and art to military and leadership techniques. He would have been taught all military skills, including archery and horsemanship, which he displayed to the public on many occasions. Thutmose played an active part in the government of Egypt. In Year 2 of the co regency, Thutmose issued orders to the Viceroy of Kush and in Year 5 he appointed a new vizier. He was active in Sinai, where several graffiti show Thutmose alone or with Hatshepsut. Thutmose may have been entrusted with command of the army on campaign in Nubia twice. There was also at least one campaign in Retennu. Thutmose appeared in Hatshepsuts coronation scene where he follows the procession of the barque of Amun at Deir el-Bahari.
The Egyptian empire reached its height during the reign of Thutmose III. Thutmose succeeded in restoring Egypt's influence in a series of 17 campaigns fought over 20 years. He pushed Egyptian rule as far as the Taurus Mountains and the Euphrates, leaving garrisons at various points and reasserting Egyptian supremacy.
The armies of the Old and Middle Kingdoms have a very amateur appearance when compared to the large professional forces of Thutmose III's army of the New Kingdom. Back in the Old and Middle Kingdoms, the army's weapons consisted of anything the men could find to throw at the enemy.
Thutmose III committed one of the cruelest cases of this form of banishment. When his father died, Thutmose was too young to rule, so his mother, Hatshepusut, ruled Egypt for 20 years. After her death in 1482 B.C., Thutmose III had his mother's images removed from monuments, and in replace of those, he put pictures of himself, and his father. ...
She was the daughter of Thutmose I, the 18th dynasty king, who was known for expanding Egypt's Empire in Nubia. She was one of five siblings but was the only one alive when Thutmose I died. Thutmose did have a son from a small marriage also named Thutmose II so to strengthen his demand on being king he married his half-sister Hatshepsut. After 14 years under power he became intensely ill and died, leaving behind a daughter from Hatahepsut and son Thutmose III from Isis. ... Hatshepsut's beautiful temple was damaged after her reign ended, when Thutmose III had her name scratched out o...
However, questions have been raised over whether Thutmoses II continued this so called tradition. ... It suggests that either Thutmoses II differed from other Pharaohs in the respect or that no Pharaohs actually went into battle and the image was essentially only an image. ... However, Thutmoses III completely re-established the significance of military image though extensive campaigns such as Megiddoaganist Kadesh and against the Mittani. ... Breasted sees Thutmoses III as the perfect Pharaoh because of his extensive military campaigns and impressive claims of these campaigns. Amenhotep II ...
In theory, Thutmose III controlled the land, but Hatshepsut governed as regent. At some point between Thutmose's reign (1), she assumed the kingship herself. The lintel of Hatshepsut and Thermoses III was one of the first items in the Egyptian exhibit. ... Thutmosis III is the only name to remain. ... Visually, the choice of media makes the Palette of Narmer look of higher significance than the Lintel of Hatshepsut and Thermoses III. ...
Hatshepsut took power after the death of the fourth pharaoh of the 18th dynasty Thutmose II, the title was originally supposed to be given to Thutmose III who was only 12 at the time of his original coronation, but his mother Hatshepsut proclaimed herself Pharaoh. During her time as ruler Hatshepsut commissioned numerous building projects as well as many portraits of herself, however after her death many were destroyed by her resentful successor Thutmose III, whose rise to kingship was delayed for twenty years. ...
Several centuries later, Thutmose IV (Akhenaten's grandfather) was fascinated by the idea of the Aten and was often called "the Sun disk" by his bureaucrats. Amenhotep III was also given a name and was known as "the Dazzling Sun Disk." ... Akhenaten's grandfather, Thutmose IV, father Amenhotep III and Ramose all used the term prior to Akhenaten taking the throne. ... Thutmose IV had earlier stated he had fought with the Aten and pushed the idea of making "the foreigners to be like the people, in order to serve the Aten forever," (The Culture of Ancient Egypt published by J.A Wilson)....
The second son of Amenhotep III and Tiye, Amenhotep IV was not likely to have been the first choice of the pharaoh and his wife to become the next pharaoh of Egypt. This responsibility would no doubt have fallen to his older brother, Thutmose V, had the child not died under unknown circumstances at an early age (Aldred, 1988). ... Thutmose IV was the great diplomat of the dynasty, and left to his young son an empire that was secure and stable. His son, Amenhotep III, probably a young child at the time of his ascension to the throne, turned his attention to domestic affairs upon attaining ph...
The ancient Egyptians are considered among many to be the civilization upon which much of the western world's views and attitudes are based. From religion, to architecture, and art have been handed down generation to generation and improved along the way. Many of the ancient Egyptian traditions have...
Annals of Thut-mose III: Asiatic Campaigns Thut-mose III's Asiatic campaigns were recorded in annals, most likely, by the royal scribe in his 42nd year as king. ... For Egypt, the annals give historians an insight to the ruler Thut-mose III and his reign over Egypt, while also indicating the wealth of Egypt. These campaigns of Thut-mose III required a large military establishment including a hierarchy of officers and very expensive chariots. ... However, while the annals may have only been intended for the gods at the time, they have enabled Thut-mose III's reputation and his reign ...
