Hatshepsut

In ancient Egypt, all pharaohs were supposed to be men. The title was passed down from father to ___________, or eldest male relative.

Hatshepsut was actually the queen of a pharaoh, King...

After king Thutmose ll died, Hatshepsut took the title of _____ to her nephew (Thutmose III) who was a baby and next in line.

A regent is a kind of ________ for a pharaoh when they are too young to make decisions.

_______ played the role of ‘regent’ until, she gained enough power that she became a pharaoh.

Hatshepsut began to dress in the same male pharaoh clothes and even wore the pharaoh ________ that was part of their sign of power.

_________ the other pharaohs, she was more interested in expanding the economy and negotiating peaceful deals.

She wasn’t interested in _________. She knew that the Egyptian people would profit better expanding trade.

Hatshepsut _________ new monuments but also restored some of the older buildings.

It was a tradition that each pharaoh built their ___________ while they were alive.