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=Thutmose III=

Birth Name: Djehutmes III Throne Name: Thutmose III Meaning of Thutmose: "Thoth is born" Other Names: Thutmois III, Tutmois III Dynasty: Eighteenth Years (birth-death): 1516 BC-1450 BC Buried: Valley of the Kings, Egypt Predecessor: Thutmose II and Hatshepsut Successor: Amenhotep II

Facts: -6th king of eighteenth dynasty -too young to rule when his father, Thutmose II, died, so he co-ruled with his aunt, Hatshepsut -Co-ruled with his aunt, Hatshepsut, before she declared herself pharaoh -when the people of Kadesh revolted in 1458 BC, Thutmose III led an army to destroy the rebels, and Hatshepsut was thought to have ran away -Thutmose III began his single rule of Egypt at age 30 -he spent much of Hatshepsut's rule in a military position, and later became a great, successful military leader -defaced the statues and pictures of his aunt -reign ended when he died, 1450 BC -considered one of the best pharaohs

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