New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt: The Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (V)
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Thutmose III, who was the most militaristic pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, only to be truly revealed after the death of Hatshepsut III. Thutmose III fought a series of successive wars, and he achieved a series of military victories in Megiddo and Kadesh, the most famous of which was the siege of Megiddo. After Hatshepsut's death, King Kadishi took the lead, and then all the city kings in Syria and Palestine rebelled in unison. In May 1479 BC, the armies of the kings of these cities, under the command of King Kadishi, had captured the fortress of Megidu, located on the northern slopes of the Kamel Mountains, enough to block the main road from Egypt to the Euphrates River Valley.
On 14 May 1479 BC, Thutmose III led his troops through the Megidu Valley and into the Map of the Megidu Plain south of the Fortress of Megidu. On 15 May 1479, his troops began to attack forward in a sequence of battles. At this time, the coalition forces commanded by King Kadishi were camping outside the fortress of Megidu. Thutmose III deployed part of his army on a hill south of the Kina stream, while most of it pointed directly at the fortress of Megidu. He rode on a shining chariot and commanded his troops to attack, like an eagle god with teeth and claws. Under the impact of a wave, the coalition forces have been defeated. They dropped their chariots and fled into the fortress of Megidu in a hurry. Thutmose III did not immediately attack the city, but collected the spoils of war and besieged Megidu. Soon after, the city of Mageedou surrendered, but king Kadishi fled.
After this great victory, Thutmose III immediately began to reorganize the territory he had reconquered for the sake of long-term peace. First, he deposed the kings of the cities, replaced them with nobles who were loyal to him, and gave them a certain degree of autonomy in their rule; secondly, he sent the eldest sons of these rulers to Egypt to be educated in order to inherit their father's inheritance and be more loyal to himself.
Thutmose III fought a total of 15 campaigns. In order to land on the Syrian coast and establish a combat base there to conquer Kadishi and its interior, Thutmose III built a maritime fleet. In the 6th campaign, his forces landed in Simyra, just north of Tripoli off the coast of Syria. He then commanded his troops to attack the city of Kadishi. The city of Kady is located on the left bank of the Orontes River, not far from Homs. Since it was a powerful fortress, it took Thutmose III a long time to conquer it. In the 7th Campaign, he quelled a series of rebellions in his rear. In the 8th campaign, around 1445 BC, he invaded the Aryan state of Mitanni and seized the land of the Kingdom of Mitanni on the west bank of the Euphrates.
Thutmose III became famous, and princes from many places paid tribute to him. His fleet was also mighty, essentially controlling the eastern Mediterranean. The Aegean islands, Crete and Cyprus are also under his control. In the last battle of Thutmose III, he destroyed the city of Kadishi due to the rebellion of the kadishi and the alliance of the states. After this battle, the vestiges of the Hyksos' rights disappeared completely.
He also made the rulers of Libya, Assyria, Babylon, and the Hittites pay tribute to him. Due to the martial arts of Thutmose III, Thutmose III died in 1425 BC, reigning for a total of 54 years. He is buried in "The Valley of the King", and his remains are still preserved in the museum in Cairo.
Thutmose III was beloved pharaoh of many, who possessed all the qualities of a great ruler, who never lost a hand in war in his great deeds; who surpassed his predecessors in administration; who was also a brilliant statesman; who was a thorough jockey, a shooter, an athlete, and a visionary patron, and whose reign of Thutmose III, by virtue of his own taste and good deeds, should be said to have been remarkable, apart from his desperate opposition to Hett sipinus. Thutmose III was not a flashy, self-indulgent man. In his account, it can be felt that he was a sincere and just pharaoh.
During the reign of Heit Sippusus, egypt did not go to war, and neighboring countries paid tribute to Egypt every year. But, as has often happened in history, when a new emperor ascends the throne, his subjects have to test his abilities. Thutmose found that the princes of Katishi and Magdu had united, and they had raised a large army; the monarchs of Maisaudtmes also refused to pay tribute, and declared that they had become independent from Egyptian control. In the face of numerous attacks, Thutmose was not discouraged, and he quickly mobilized his army and led his entire army through the desert to the city of Gaiz, which was still loyal to Egypt. Records of this war are well preserved, as the records made at the scene by Thutmose's clerk Tejani were later carved into the walls of the Karnak Temple, in which Thutmose showed his military genius, he knew the value of logistics and army supply lines, the importance of rapid movement and the power of surprise attacks. He led several battles that could be used as examples of warfare, and he was probably the first commander in history to use the power of the sea to defeat the enemy. Thutmose is perfectly comparable to Napoleon, but unlike Napoleon, he never lost a war. He organized a total of 16 battles in Palestine, Syria and Nubia, treated prisoners of war with humanity, established imperial peace during his reign, and both Palestine and Syria willingly submitted to his rule. He created an unprecedentedly prosperous Egypt.
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Thutmose III was the son of Thutmose II and his concubine Isis, and he also had several concubines:
Nefluli: Daughter of Hatshepsut, although there is no artifact that shows that they were married;
Satya: The daughter of a wet nurse named Ip;
Meridla-Hatshepsut: daughter of the High Priestess Hui;
Merti, Menwi and Menhet: three foreign concubines;
Nebseny : An unidentified concubine of Thutmose III, who discovered a statue of him, who may have a high status to be investigated;
Nibutu : Lifted on a pillar in the tomb of KV34
He also has many children:
Amonahat (? – 1444 BC), prince, mother unknown, probably the son of Nevruli or Satya, was the designated heir of Thutmose III, but he died in the 35th year of Thutmose III (1444 BC).
Amenhotep II, mother of Meeretra Hatshepsut, Pharaoh
Isis, Princess, mother of Melitra Hatshepsut, probably the youngest daughter of Thutmose and Meridra Hatshepsut, appears in a statue of her grandmother Huy (now in the British Museum)
Niftili, Princess, Mother unknown
Monkopela, prince, mother Ofetra Hatshepsut, appears in a statue of his grandmother Huy
Becktamon, Princess, Mother unknown
Melitamon, princess, mother of Melitra Hatshepsut, appears in the statue of her grandmother Huy
Melitamon, princess, mother of Melitra Hatshepsut, appears on a statue of her grandmother, Huy
Nyphitenette, princess, mother Ofetra Hatshepsut, appears in the statue of her grandmother Huy
Siamon, prince, mother unknown, name appears only on the statue of Minister Sennifer (now in the Cairo Museum).
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Tutmos III was buried in his tomb (KV34) and later visited by tomb robbers, after which the mummy was moved by priests to the Royal Mummy Pit (DB320) of the Temple of The Celebrant, and the mummy of Thutmose III was discovered in 1881 and is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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