Who is hatshepsut and what did she do?

Answer 1

Queen Hatshepsut was one of the first female pharaohs of Egypt(female pharaohs before her include Sobeknefru, etc). She expanded Egypt's wealth by rediscovering old, unused trading routes. She is famous for the amount of beautiful temples she built to the gods of Egypt.

Answer 2

Hatshepsut was not the first female pharaoh of Egypt, but she was the first to rule during a period of stability. She is known for her beautiful mortuary temple(deir-el-bahri), her obeliscs, and because of the story surrounding her rise to power(Hatshepsut was married to the pharaoh, her brother,Thuthmose ii.He died, leaving her childless. However, he had a son, Thuthmose iii, by another woman. Hatshepsut was originally only a co-regent, and was supposed to step aside when he was old enough to lead on his own. However, she crowned herself pharaoh and remained pharaoh until she died of natural causes(they have identified Hatshepsut's mummy from a cache of mummies).

She is also well known because many people are wrongly under the impression that she was the first female pharaoh. Queen Sobekneferu(1806-1802BC aprox.) it is the earliest known female pharaoh.

Answer 3

Hatshepsut meaning Foremost of Noble Ladies; was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. Under Hatshepsut's reign, Egypt prospered. Unlike other rulers in her dynasty, she was more interested in ensuring economic prosperity and building and restoring monuments throughout Egypt and Nubia than in conquering new lands. She built the temple Djeser-djeseru ("holiest of holy places"), which was dedicated to Amon and served as her funerary cult, and erected a pair of red granite obelisks at the Temple of Amon at Karnak, one of which still stands today. Hatshepsut also had one notable trading expedition to the land of Punt in the ninth year of her reign. The ships returned with gold, ivory and myrrh trees, and the scene was immortalized on the walls of the temple.

Answer 4

Hatshepsut was the ninth pharoh of the eighteenth dynasty Egyptians. Most noted for reestablishing trade routes and bringing the myrrh tree to Egypt.