Hatshesput

Hatshepsut's foreign policy instigated a military policy that   can   be described as one of unobtrusive control; active defence rather than deliberate offence, as   “her pride was in the internal developments of Egypt” (Wilson) and not in the expansion of the empire.   The only military missions was undertaken by Hatshepsut was to maintain the conquests of her predecessors in the regions of Nubia and Syria. The Graffito written by Tiy “I saw when he destroyed Nubia” and   the inscription on the Deir el Bahri temple “her arrow is among the northerns”,   enhances that “the reign of Hatshepsut had been barren of Any military enterprise except an unimportant raid into Nubia” (Gardiner) and the preservation of her father’s invasion of Syria.   Hatshepsut did sustain the   army in state of readiness   in order to secure Egypt’s growing empire.   The Speos Artemidos inscription refers to Hatshepsut saying “my troops which were formerly unequipped are now well paid since I appeared as king” (Breasted), concluding that Hatshepsut was prepared to fight to secure the borders of her country.   As a result of the decisions in her foreign policy, Hatshepsut built   a strong and prosperous foundation, for her successor,   Thutmose 3, to use his military abilities to   become the "greatest   military leader of Ancient times" (breasted). Thutmose 3, conducted 17 campaigns in 20 years   which wouldn’t have been successful   unless Egypt was experiencing stability during Hatshepsut’s reign.   Hatshepsut’s wasn’t being perceived as   the   traditional warrior pharaoh of the New Kingdom,   through her desire not expand the empire. Hatshepsut reinvented   her image to be “precisely what she would become” (Tyldesley)   , a warrior pharaoh as it was the true symbol of the divine upholder of ma’at,   whilst providing validity to her Kingship.   Hatshepsut   erected a Red Granite Sphinx in Deir el Bahri, as it was the traditional symbol of the New Kingdom of a warrior pharaoh who trampled the enemies of Egypt,...