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Thutmose III, master strategist

Stepson of Hatshepsut, the woman who ruled and dressed as pharaoh, Thutmose III led at least seventeen campaigns and won a key victory at Megiddo.

His conquests made Canaan an Egyptian province.

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Superpowers like Babylon, Assyria, and the Hittites sent him diplomatic gifts. His empire reached as far as Anatolia.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 32

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