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Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, [3] (1481-1425 BC) was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. A brilliant military commander who created the ancient world's first navy, he conducted campaigns that brought ancient Egypt 's empire to its zenith.
After the end of the Hyksos period of foreign rule, the Eighteenth Dynasty engaged in a vigorous phase of expansionism, conquering vast areas of the Near-East, with especially Pharaoh Thutmose III submitting the "Shasu" Bedouins of northern Canaan, and the land of Retjenu, as far as Syria and Mittani in numerous military campaigns circa 1450 BC.
Thutmose III: Son of Thutmose II. He ruled jointly with Hatshepsut, his aunt and step-mother, during the early part of her reign. [143] Famous for his territorial expansion into the Levant and Nubia. Under his reign, the Ancient Egyptian Empire was at its greatest extent. Ruled during the height of Egypt's Power.
Thutmose III ruled ancient Egypt from 1479 B.C. until his death in 1425 B.C., according to Britannica. During his reign, he led 17 military campaigns to expand Egypt’s eastern and southern borders.
This was based on its proximity to Queen Hatshepsut’s tomb and the tombs of King Thutmose III’s wives, explained Mohammad Ismail Khaled, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities ...
Thutmose I (16th-century–c. 1490 BC), third pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty; Thutmose II (fl. 1493–1479 BC), fourth pharaoh; Thutmose III (fl. 1479–1425 BC), "the Conqueror" or "the Great", sixth pharaoh; Thutmose IV (died 14th-century BC), eighth pharaoh; Crown Prince Thutmose, the elder brother of Pharaoh Akhenaten
Studies suggest Thutmose II died around the age of 30, after which Hatsheput had herself crowned pharaoh several years into the rule of her husband’s heir, Thutmose III.
Widely considered a military genius by historians, Thutmose III conducted at least 16 campaigns in 20 years. [13] He was an active expansionist ruler. [14] He is recorded to have captured 350 cities during his rule and conquered much of the Near East from the Euphrates to Nubia during seventeen known military campaigns. He was the first pharaoh ...