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He was ancient Egypt greatest warrior, a warrior who never lost a battle, a general who rivaled the great conquerors history, a king who transformed his nation into an empire.
In this article we’ll talk about his military genius and the war which he made against the wife of his father “Hatshepsut”. This is the amazing story of Thutmoses III the Napoleon of Egypt.
Thutmoses III was the son of Thutmoses II, who ruled Egypt from 1493 BC to 1479 BC. When Thutmoses II died in 1479 BC, Thutmoses III was crowned king. He reigned about 54 years, includes 22 years as co-regent with Hatshepsut and 32 years as individual.
Because he was too young to rule, so the royal wife of his father, Queen Hatshepsut ruled as a co-reign with him. Hatshepsut soon declared herself Pharaoh. Her reign was marked by prosperity and advancements. Thutmoses III was given education befitting a prince and when he reached a suitable age, Hatshepsut appointed him head of her armies.
After the death of Hatshepsut, Thutmoses poised to take control and can finally realize his own ambition for a great new empire.
His birth name “Dhwty ms nfr khbrw” which means “who was born of god Thoth, beautiful of manifestations”.
His coronation name “mn kḫpr Re” which means “stable is the manifestation of god Re”.
After ascending the throne Thutmoses III revenged from his stepmother “Hatshepsut” by destroying and removing her monuments and statues.
Thutmoses III succeeded in creating the largest empire Egypt had ever seen. He conducted for about 17 campaigns, which were recorded on the papyrus and some of them carved on the wall of Amon Re temple at Karnak.


THE BATTLE OF MEGIDDO AND ITS RESULT (1481 BC)
The Megiddo campaign of Thutmoses III was so crucial to the reconsolidation of the Egyptian Empire that modern scholars still continue to fight with one another regarding its importance. To us moderns as well as to the king himself the significance of Thutmoses’s victory paved the way to a more permanent occupation of Palestine. At Karnak, the Pharaoh ordered a lengthy account to be drawn up, one that, to no small degree, depended upon the official war diary of the army.
In 1481 BC a coalition of Canaanite and Syrian cities rebelled against Egyptian rule, led by the kings of Qadesh and Megiddo. They planned to halt the advance of the Egyptian Pharaoh, Thutmoses III as far south as possible and therefore chose the city of Megiddo as their site for defense.
It was known that the Canaanites had concentrated their forces near Megiddo to which there were three access routes: The northern and southern routes were longer than the central route through Aruna, but were less easily defendable. The generals had, as it turned out wrong, intelligence about the Aruna route being blocked by Canaanite forces and counselled the pharaoh to take the Yokneam or Taanakh route.
Now two other roads are here. One of the roads behold, it is to the east of us, so that it comes out at Taanakh. The other behold, it is to the north side of Djefti, and we will come out to the north of Megiddo. Let our victorious lord proceed on the one of them which is satisfactory to his heart, but do not make us go on that difficult road.
Thutmoses rejected the arguments of his generals, set out on the Aruna route and reached the river Qinah south of Megiddo without encountering any opposition.
It was then that the disposition of the Canaanite forces became clear. A contingent of foot soldiers guarded the southern road from Taanakh, while the northern approaches of Megiddo were held by more infantry. The chariots were concentrated around Megiddo itself, waiting for the Egyptian forces to attack the foot soldiers who would quickly retreat as if they were fleeing. The pursuing Egyptians would break ranks and could be attacked by the hidden Canaanite charioteers.
Behold, His Majesty has come forth together with his victorious army and they have filled the valley; let our victorious lord hearken to us this once, and let our lord await for us the rear of his army and his people. When the rear of the army has come right out to us, then we will fight against these Asiatics and we shall not have no trouble about the rear of our army.
The Egyptians rested during the night and disposed their forces in three wings. The attacking Canaanites were routed and so hotly pursued, that the defenders of Megiddo refused to open the gates and pulled their fleeing charioteers over the walls to safety. Instead of attacking the city the Egyptians began to loot the abandoned camps, which gave the Canaanites time to organize their defense.
Would that the army of His Majesty had not set their hearts upon looting the chattels of those enemies, for they would have captured Megiddo at that moment, while the vile enemy of Kadesh and the vile enemy of this town were being hoisted up.
The conquest of Megiddo and its inhabitants was vital; and it fell after a siege of seven months.
All the princes of all the northern countries are cooped up within it. The capture of Megiddo is the capture of a thousand towns.



Although Thutmoses III was a great warrior he also was a great builder. He constructed many buildings like:-
1- The 6th, 7th and 8th pylon.
2- An annuals hall, where he recorded his campaigns news.
3- The festival hall “Akh-mnu”, where he celebrated his “Sed” festival.
4- The sacred lake.
5- The Botanical and animals garden, where he recorded the reliefs of the plants and animals which brought from Asia in the 3rd campaign.
He built his tomb in the Valley of the Kings, which distinguishes with a complete version of “Amduat”, an important New Kingdom funerary text.
During the final two years of Thutmoses III reign, he appointed his son and his successor Amenhotep II as his co-regent.

When Thutmoses III died, he buried in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings. But Thutmoses III's mummy was discovered in El-Deir El-Bahri Cache and it now displays in the Royal Mummies Hall of the Egyptian Museum.








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