Thutmose iii also known as tuthmosis iii, 14581425 bce was the 6th king of egypt s 18th dynasty, one of the greatest military leaders in antiquity. I didnt mean this to be a list of pop history, but i think its too late now, so you might as well go ahead. The battle itself was a decisive victory for egypt and the seven or eightmonth siege which followed reduced the power of the subject kings, gave thutmose iii control of northern canaan from which he launched his campaigns into mesopotamia, and elevated. He received the throne after the death of the previous king, amenhotep i.
Thutmose iii was the sixth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty. Thutmose iiis battle of megiddo inscription ancient. Today i talk about the history biography of thutmose iii, the. This list of the best history books includes bestsellers, pulizter prize winners and. During his reign, he campaigned deep into the levant and nubia, pushing the borders of egypt. While he was shown first on surviving monuments, both were assigned the usual royal names and insignia and neither. Boardgames, philosophy, history, comics, miniatures, books, singapore. Officially, thutmose iii ruled egypt for almost 54 years and his reign is usually dated from 24 april 1479 bc to 11 march 1425 bc, from the age of two and until his death at age fiftysix. As the sixth pharaoh of egypts 18th dynasty, thutmose iii battled to reestablish egyptian rule of syria and palestine, creating egypts largest dynasty yet. This book will appeal foremost to history lovers, but it should also interest anyone who enjoys a welldocumented story. Thutmose iii, died 1426 bce, king reigned 147926 bce of the 18th dynasty, often regarded as the greatest of the rulers of ancient egypt. The social history of the third reich, 19331945 9781565846357.
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Chinese president xi jinping reads at the great hall of the people during the third plenary session of the national peoples congress in beijing. The siege was not lifted for two and a half years, by which time some three. Pages in category history books about the three kingdoms. The book of jin is an official chinese historical text covering the history of the jin dynasty from. Machiavellis enduring appeal as a man for all times the renaissance writers ideas remain relevant amid todays troubles three new books explain why. Thutmose iii also known as tuthmosis iii, 14581425 bce was the 6th king of egypt s 18th dynasty, one of the greatest military leaders in antiquity, and among the most effective and impressive. Thutmose i sometimes read as thutmosis or tuthmosis i, thothmes in older history works in latinized greek. Thutmose iii was a skilled warrior who brought the egyptian empire to the zenith of its power by conquering all of syria, crossing the euphrates see tigriseuphrates river system to defeat the mitannians, and penetrating south along the nile river to.
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