The Woman Who Would Be King Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt PDF
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2 Copyright © 2014 by Kara Cooney All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company, New York. www.crownpublishing.com CROWN and the Crown colophon are registered trademarks of Random House LLC. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cooney, Kara. The woman who would be king / Kara Cooney. —First edition. pages cm 1. Hatshepsut, Queen of Egypt. 2. Queens—Egypt—Biography. 3. Pharaohs— Biography. 4. Egypt—History—Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570–1320 B.C. 5. Egypt—Kings and rulers—Biography. I. Title. DT87.15.C66 2014 932.014092—dc23 2014000243 ISBN 978-0-307-95676-7 eBook ISBN 978-0-307-95678-1 Map copyright © 2014 by David Cain Illustration on this page and maps on this page and this page by Deborah Shieh Jacket design by Chris Brand Jacket photography by Sam Weber v3.1 3 For Neil, with whom I have walked through so many fires. And for Julian, whose happiness doesn’t yet make him cry. 4 CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication CHRONOLOGY FAMILY TREE AUTHOR’S NOTE MAPS Preface ONE Divine Origins TWO A Place of Her Own THREE King’s Great Wife FOUR Regent for a Baby King FIVE The Climb Toward Kingship SIX Keeping the Kingship Photo Insert SEVEN The King Becomes a Man EIGHT The Setting Sun NINE The King Is Dead; Long Live the King TEN Lost Legacy ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES FURTHER READING About the Author 5 CHRONOLOGY New Kingdom 1539–1077 BCE Eighteenth Dynasty 1539–1292 BCE Ahmose I (Nebpehtyre) 1539–1515 BCE Amenhotep I (Djeserkare) 1514–1494 BCE Thutmose I (Aakheperkare) 1493–1483 BCE Thutmose II (Aakheperenre) 1482–1480 BCE Thutmose III (Menkheperre/ Menkheperkare) 1479–1460 BCE Hatshepsut (Maatkare) 1472–1458 BCE Thutmose III (Menkheperre) 1460–1425 BCE Amenhotep II (Aakheperure) 1425–1400 BCE Thutmose IV (Menkheperure) 1400–1390 BCE Amenhotep III (Nebmaatre) 1390–1353 BCE Amenhotep IV/ Akhenaten (Neferkheperure) 1353–1336 BCE Smenkhkare/ Neferneferuaten 1336–1334 BCE Tutankhaten/ Tutankhamen (Nebkheperure) ?–1324 BCE Itnetjer Ay (Kheperkheperure) 1323–1320 BCE Horemheb (Djeserkheperure) 1319–1292 BCE 6 Nineteenth Dynasty 1292–1191 BCE Ramses I (Menpehtyre) 1292–1291 BCE Seti I (Menmaatre) 1290–1279 BCE Ramses II (Usermaatre setepenre) 1279–1213 BCE Merneptah (Baenre) 1213–1203 BCE Seti II (Userkheperure) 1202–1198 BCE Amenmesses (Menmire) 1202–1200 BCE Siptah (Akhenre) 1197–1193 BCE Tawosret (Sitre merytamen) 1192–1191 BCE Twentieth Dynasty 1190–1077 BCE Setnakht (Userkhaure) 1190–1188 BCE Ramses III (Usermaatre meryamen) 1187–1157 BCE Ramses IV (Heqamaatre setepenamen) 1156–1150 BCE Ramses V (Usermaatre sekheperenre) 1149–1146 BCE Ramses VI (Nebmaatre meryamen) 1145–1139 BCE Ramses VII (Usermaatre setepenre meryamen) 1138–1131 BCE Ramses VIII (Usermaatre akhenamen) 1130 BCE Ramses IX (Neferkare setepenre) 7 1129–1111 BCE Ramses X (Khepermaatre setepenre) 1110–1107 BCE Ramses XI (Menmaatre setepenptah) 1106–1077 BCE (Based on Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss, and David A. Warburton, eds., Ancient Egyptian Chronology, Handbook of Oriental Studies, sec. 1, The Near and Middle East [Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2006].) 8 9 10
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