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Hatshepsut: A Very Significant Individual In Ancient Egypt

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Hatshepsut’s Story

Hatshepsut was a very significant individual in Ancient Egypt, as she believed that if she chose to live her life as a pharaoh and not a queen, she would get more respect like her father Tuthmosis l did. Hatshepsut was able to be the first female pharaoh and rule successfully. Although Hatshepsut wasn’t the only female pharaoh, she was the most common known one in ancient Egypt. The purpose of this report is to inform the reader about how Hatshepsut ruled and all her successful achievements that helped to shape Ancient Egyptian society.

Hatshepsut had many achievements such as being the first female pharaoh in her dynasty and in ancient Egypt, She ruled for a successful 22 years before dying. She was also able to extend Egyptian trades as she made many expeditions to Punt, as when people came back from Punt they would bring back gold, ebony, animal skins and baboons ( Tyldesley, 2015) . These all helped Egyptian society become a better place to live. Also she was able to expand the building program through building temples and churches and being able to aspire future tombs through her designing techniques. Hatshepsut also ordered for the Mortuary Temple to be built for her royal bloodline. She inspired many with her tomb choices and designs as Ramses ll was one …show more content…

Hatshepsut chose to dress like a man so she could gain power easier and get more respect. Hatshepsut valued her society so very much as she did so much for her people. She would pray to the Gods and Goddesses to look after her and her people, and she made sure they lived their best lives. Hatshepsut also wasn’t respected by Tuthmosis either as he erased her from all of history as he was embarrassed to have a girl in power and wanted his son to do better. This was shown from some ancient drawings that Tuthmosis lll had

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