WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Thutmose III was a skilled warrior who brought the Egyptian empire to the zenith of its power by conquering all of Syria, crossing the Euphrates (see Tigris-Euphrates river system) to defeat the Mitannians, and penetrating south along the Nile River to Napata in the Sudan.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thutmose III continued to launch military campaigns throughout his reign. Over the course of at least seventeen military campaigns, Thutmose conquered hundreds of cities and expanded Egypt’s borders to include Nubia, Canaan, and southern Syria.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thutmose III was not only a great military leader, but he was also an effective administrator. He oversaw the expansion and construction of many temples and monuments. He also commissioned the building of ships and expanded the Egyptian navy. Under Thutmose III, the Egyptian empire reached its greatest extent.

Detailed explanation-4: -The empire stretched from modern-day Syria in the north to modern-day Sudan in the south and from the region of Jordan in the east to Libya in the west. Since the empire rose and fell in the course of the New Kingdom, historians refer to the period as either the New Kingdom or the Egyptian Empire interchangeably.

Detailed explanation-5: -1482 BCE – 1425 BCE. A ruler during the New Kingdom’s Eighteenth Dynasty, Thutmose III expanded Egypt’s borders to their furthest extent, conquering more land than any pharaoh before or after him.