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Hatshepsut

ANC-HAT is worth about 25 marks out of 100 in recent HSC Ancient History papers. Practise 11 exam-style questions (multiple choice, short answer) with instant marking and a worked solution for every question.

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Topic notes

Hatshepsut — the early 18th Dynasty context, her family and rise from queen and regent to king, her building program, the Punt expedition, her officials, the attack on her monuments and how historians interpret her, with how to answer the Section III question.

  1. 1What you need to know
  2. 2Historical context
  3. 3Family and rise to power
  4. 4How she legitimised her rule
  5. 5Building program
  6. 6Foreign policy and the economy
  7. 7Officials and Thutmose III
  8. 8Death, the attack on her monuments and legacy
  9. 9Building an evaluation
  10. 10Common mistakes
  11. 11Exam tips
  12. 12Links to other topics
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Example questions

Example 1 · 1 mark · multiple choice

Hatshepsut was the daughter of

  1. AThutmose I and the minor wife Mutnofret
  2. BThutmose II and the minor wife Isis
  3. CThutmose I and Queen Ahmose
  4. DAmenhotep I and Queen Ahmose-Nefertari

Example 2 · 1 mark · multiple choice

When Thutmose II died in about 1479 BC, what was Hatshepsut's first role?

  1. ACo-ruler with her father Thutmose I
  2. BRegent for the young king Thutmose III
  3. CHigh priest of Amun at Karnak
  4. DSole king, after sending Thutmose III into exile

Example 3 · 1 mark · multiple choice

Which evidence has led many historians to doubt that Thutmose III attacked Hatshepsut's monuments out of personal hatred?

  1. AHer images as king were never damaged in antiquity
  2. BThutmose III died before her monuments were damaged
  3. CThe erasures were all carried out by the agents of Akhenaten
  4. DThe erasures seem to date about twenty years after her death

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