  thutmose iii (sometimes read as thutmosis or tuthmosis iii, thothmes in older history works, and meaning "thoth is born") was the sixth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty. during the first twenty-two years of thutmose's reign he was co-regent with his stepmother and aunt, hatshepsut, who was named the pharaoh. while he was shown first on surviving monuments, both were assigned the usual royal names and insignia and neither is given any obvious seniority over the other.partridge, r., 2002. fighting pharaohs: weapons and warfare in ancient egypt. manchester: peartree. pages: 202/203 he served as the head of her armies. after her death and his later rise to pharaoh of the kingdom, he created the largest empire [[eg
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