What epithet did posterity give Thutmose III for his campaigns?
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the „Napoleon of Egypt“
The comparison comes from 19th-century Egyptologists.
💡 Did you know? Unlike Napoleon, however, he never lost a single battle.
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In which battle did Thutmose III triumph in 1457 BC?
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at Megiddo
He chose the narrowest and most dangerous approach and caught the enemy off guard.
💡 Did you know? The place name Megiddo later gave rise to the word „Armageddon“.
How many campaigns did Thutmose III undertake?
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seventeen
He set out almost every year, as far as the Euphrates in today's Syria.
💡 Did you know? His scribes kept precise records: which is why we know so much about them.
Which woman ran the government before Thutmose III ruled himself?
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Hatshepsut
He came to the throne as a child; she ruled as pharaoh for over 20 years.
💡 Did you know? Formally the two were rulers at the same time: a rare double throne.
What did Thutmose III have done to Hatshepsut's monuments late in his reign?
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her name erased
Long seen as belated revenge: today a political motive is thought more likely.
💡 Did you know? The erasure began only some 20 years after her death, not at once.
How large was Egypt under Thutmose III compared with all other periods?
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larger than ever before or since
The empire stretched from Nubia to the Euphrates.
💡 Did you know? He secured it shrewdly: sons of defeated princes grew up at the Egyptian court.
On which great temple did Thutmose III have his campaigns recorded?
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at Karnak
The „Annals“ there are our main source on his wars.
💡 Did you know? He even listed the booty: down to horses and copper ingots.
In which three cities today do obelisks of Thutmose III stand?
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London, New York and Istanbul
The two in London and New York are misleadingly called „Cleopatra's Needles“.
💡 Did you know? They have nothing to do with Cleopatra: they are some 1400 years older than she was.
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Which pharaoh is shown here?
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Thutmose III
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