What are the contributions hatshepsut did to ancient Egyptian civilization?

Answer 1

She was the second female ruler in Egypt. She ruled for over twenty years. She reopened trade with Punt. She had many statues and buildings commissioned including a monument at Karnak. She also had the temple Djeser-djeseru erected.

Answer 2

Hatshepsut is probably most famous for her numerous construction projects and reestablishing trade networks lost during the Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.

Hatshepsut's mission to the Land of Punt is well recorded. From the Land of Punt luxuries like myrrh, timber, and ivory were brought back to Egypt in exchange for Nubian gold. Even 31 live Frankincense Trees were brought back and planted in her temples. This is regarded as the first recorded attempt to transplant foreign trees.

Hatshepsut is also well known for the hundreds of construction projects she commissioned in Upper and Lower Egypt. She like pharaohs before her constructed monuments at the Temple of Karnak. She also constructed numerous obelisks and restored statues destroyed during the Second Intermediate Period. Her famous mortuary temple, Djeser-Djeseru, is considered the best example of perfect symmetry in large temples that predate the Parthenon.

Answer 3

She builds the Djeser-Djeseru. We know it as The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. It is located at Deir el-Bahri, The Obelisks of Hatshepsut and The Red Chapel. She lived in the Palace of Ma'at. It was rectangular structure. The capital was Thebes, Amarna, and then again Thebes. In terms of trade, Hatshepsut was not blind to the need of bolstering Egypt's economy' and indeed, the Punt expedition is but the climax of her consistent trading enterprises with Lebanon, Crete, Syria, West Africa, South Africa, Aswan and the reopening of mines in Mt. Sinai. She traded Ivory, gold, silver and other goods for eating. Hatshepsut's legacy is also extant in the enduring architectural innovations she incorporated into her building program. The design of Djeser-Djeseru is a prime example; although there exist a few doubtful precursors of the terraced template originality of the design cannot be gainsaid.' The thematic structure of the three terraces, from her role as pharaoh, to legitimization of her rule and achievements, to the worship of the deities is indisputably her own invention, as were the ramps linking them, imitating the glory of a sun's ray. Thutmose III modeled his mortuary temple on Hatshepsut's whilst Akhenaten incorporated the design of the ramps into his own buildings. Similarly, the design of Hatshepsut's tomb, with the three successive passageways leading to the burial chamber, her royal sarcophagus, her resting stations for Amun's barque were likewise replicated by her successors. Therefore, Hatshepsut's reign was characterized by a myriad of architectural innovations that became her legacy, to be admiringly integrated into the buildings of the future generations of pharaohs. Extreme prosperity and renaissance in art and building projects mark the beginning of this period. Towards the end of the 19th Dynasty the increasing power of the priesthood corrupts the central government. During the 20th Dynasty tomb robbing is done by officials. The priesthood becomes hereditary and begins to assume secular power. The government breaks down.

Answer 4

Perhaps the most important part of Hatshepsut's legacy was her creation of a flourishing and stable Egypt through her highly successful foreign policy. Her military campaigns in both the north and the south augmented the extent of Egypt's influence on a vaster scale. The tomb inscription of Scribe Djehuty, I saw the collection of the booty of this mighty ruler from the vile Kush, who is deemed cowards' attests that Hatshepsut's military endeavors also contributed significantly to Egypt's economic prosperity.