ASIN: B005Q8Q8IY
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 151
Synopsis of 'Hatshepsut'Hatshepsut was unquestionably one of the great Pharaohs - not because she led Egypt to war, but because she didn’t. During her reign Egypt became one of the most prosperous countries in the world, without bloodshed and disharmony and, were it not for the destructive actions of her warmongering and resentful step-son, Tuthmosis III, then much more evidence of her life would be available today.She was the daughter of Tuthmosis I and his queen, Ahmose, whose two sons died of the plague, leaving only one son, from an alliance with a lesser wife, as the only male heir to the throne of Egypt. Hatshepsut, believing that she had been conceived by the great God, Amun, was convinced that she should be Pharaoh after her father’s death and she persuaded the people of Egypt of her worthiness. However, in the male-dominated society of Ancient Egypt the throne was in fact ...
