THE MEN WHO RULED ANCIENT EGYPT
THUTMOSE III
ruled 1479–1425 BC
Dubbed ‘the Napoleon of Egypt’ by Egyptologists, Thutmose was a military powerhouse. He started training in the arts of war as a youth, when his stepmother Hatshepsut (see page 37) was ruling Egypt as his co-regent. After her death in 1458 BC he came to sole power and put his military know-how to use.
Thutmose expanded Egypt’s empire further than ever before, winning 17 campaigns. To the north, he seized Syria; his troops also campaigned in Nubia (an
