Hatshepsut vs. Fuad I: Who is Superior Would you ever change your appearance to a different gender to become a ruler? Hatshepsut changed her appearance from female to male and became one of the first female pharaohs. Fuad I was the first king of modern Egypt and changed parts of the government that are still in effect today. Fuad I and Hatshepsut were both great leaders, however Hatshepsut was superior because she broke the barrier of women rulers. Hatshepsut was one of the first female pharaohs in Egypt. She was very dedicated, to be king you had to be a man, so she did everything she could, In ancient Egypt, “female pharaohs were unnatural” and uncommon (Ray). In her efforts to be pharaoh, she pictured “herself on monuments as male” and …show more content…
Through a massive granite sphinx Hatshepsut “[affirmed] her role as ruler” by depicting herself as a giant lion (Kim-Brown 21). She also “led armies and trade expeditions” as well as changing her appearance (Kim-Brown 18). Even though Hatshepsut was a great leader, some people went to a great extent to try to make her forgotten. Hatshepsut’s name was not put on lists of rulers, her “name on monuments was covered over” by other names and her great statues were demolished (Kim-Brown 18). For nearly “two thousand years, she was forgotten”, and it would have stayed that way until her mortuary temple was discovered (Kim-Brown 18). Hatshepsut deserved to be pharaoh, she overcame lots of obstacles and did a good job ruling her country. Born Ahmed Fuad Pasha, Fuad I was the first sultan and king of modern Egypt. During Fuad I’s reign, a new powerful political party rose up and threatened his position. He was “an adversary of the powerful Wafd” party and pursued a struggle over power (“Fuad …show more content…
Like Hatshepsut, Fuad I achieved many goals during his reign. He was “a general in the Egyptian Army” during the early 1890’s (Fuad I). Fuad I also “played an important role in founding” Egyptian University, now called Cairo University (Fuad I). Fuad I was an overall good leader with lots of determination. Hatshepsut was the better leader because she had to fight for what she wanted. They were both able to become leaders, but Hatshepsut stepped up and took charge, power was just handed down to Fuad I. Fuad “succeeded his brother Hussein Kamil” and became the sultan of Egypt (Fuad I). Hatshepsut married her half brother Tuthmosis, when he “died a few years into his reign” power was passed on to Tuthmosis III, however he was too young, so Hatshepsut stepped up as queen (Kim-Brown 18). Neither Hatshepsut nor Fuad I were satisfied with their position, they wanted more power, so that’s what they got. By popular support Fuad I “was determined to be the leading influence” and did so by stepping up to be king (Fu’ad I). After seven years “of Tuthmosis III’s reign, Hatshepsut” kicked her stepson out of rule and declared herself as king (Kim-Brown