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Thutmose III

r. 1479–1425 BCE · 15th century BCE

Thutmose III was a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt and one of the most successful military rulers in its history. After the co-regency with Hatshepsut, he conducted numerous campaigns in the Levant, including the victory at Megiddo, and consolidated Egyptian control over Syria-Palestine and Nubia. Accounts of the Egyptian Empire New Kingdom treat him as a central figure in the empire's foundation, economy and military.

Thutmose III
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Thutmose III. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/thutmose-iii
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