Question

Complete the diagram below by identifying the different ways that Hatshepsut and Thutmose II expanded the Egyptian empire. (Don’t mind the pink)

Answer 1

Thutmose II was the fourth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. He was married to Hatshepsut, who would later succeed him after his death. His focus of expansion was geographical through military efforts. He led 2 military campaigns during his reign. The first was control of the Nubian state, where the kingdom of Kush existed. The second was the fight against the Shashu Bedouin, located in the Sinai. Both of these battles were considered as minor military efforts.

Hatshepsut, on the other hand, focused on infrastructure development. Under her reign, numerous monuments throughout Egypt were built, especially in the territories of Tebas and Karnak. Her most notable architectonic achievement was the construction of the funerary temple of Deir el Bahari.