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A woman once ruled Egypt.

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im thinking f (im not sexist )lol

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Answer 4

Two centuries before the traditional date of the Exodus, a female pharaoh ruled Egypt. Very few women in the ancient world wielded any real political power. The greatest of these in ancient Egypt was Hatshepsut, who ruled for more than two decades (c. 1479–1458 B.C.) during the early part of the New Kingdom (c. 1539–1075 B.C.), when Egypt was the most powerful land in the eastern Mediterranean.
Hatshepsut was the daughter of Thutmose I, the third pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty (c. 1550–1295 B.C.), and she married her half-brother, Thutmose II. After her husband’s early death, she became regent to Thutmose III (c. 1479–1425 B.C.), the son of Thutmose II by another wife. Probably by Thutmose III’s seventh regnal year (c. 1473 B.C.), Hatshepsut had taken the extraordinary step of proclaiming herself king; now she was not just protecting the kingship until her nephew-stepson came of age, she was acting as the senior and far more powerful partner of a co-regency.
In her inscriptions, Hatshepsut claims that her father had appointed her heir to the throne. This is highly unlikely, however. Scholars agree that the claim was merely the product of Hatshepsut’s propaganda machine. Indeed, no inscription left by Thutmose I even mentions his daughter, and Hatshepsut’s brother-husband, Thutmose II, apparently succeeded their father without incident. Until Thutmose II’s death around 1479 B.C., Hatshepsut was known as the “king’s daughter,” the “king’s sister” and the “king’s principal wife.” She was always depicted with the trappings of the king’s principal wife, not with the insignia of a king.
Nonetheless, Hatshepsut was clearly an extremely important member of Thutmose II’s court. One of her titles, for instance, was “God’s Wife of Amun.” Amun was the chief god of the Egyptian pantheon. As the creator god, Amun was responsible for all of the diverse forms that exist in the universe, and he was attended by a coterie of distinguished male priests.
Why would a woman’s presence be necessary within this august and solemn cult? As “God’s Wife of Amun,” the pharaoh’s principal wife also bore another title: “God’s Hand.” This was the hand with which the creator god masturbated in order to produce the seed of all the diverse forms that exist in the universe. With this act, the “God’s Wife” gave necessary assistance to Amun in constantly reenacting the creation of the world and keeping it from falling into chaos and nothingness.
Hatshepsut also administered the estate that came with the office of “God’s Wife of Amun.” This estate consisted of significant property holdings, which meant that Hatshepsut would have had numerous officials beholden to her.
Although, during the early period of the regency, Hatshepsut referred to herself most often as “God’s Wife,” she later took the title “Lady of the Two Lands,”a a female version of the traditional pharaonic title “Lord of the Two Lands,” and she erected a pair of obelisks in the Temple of Amun at Karnak, a right normally reserved for kings. She had herself depicted in relief carvings performing duties that were traditionally performed by the king: For example, queens were often depicted making offerings to deities, but they were always accompanied by their husbands and always played a subordinate role; some reliefs from a building at Karnak, however, show Hatshepsut making offerings to Amun-Re—directly and by herself.

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ok thx

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The answer is true :)

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your welcome! :)