How Did The Royal Women Influence The 18th Dynasty

Royal women in the 18th dynasty in Egypt were significantly influential during this period. The question to what extent were royal women influential in this period? Asks you to explain the impact royal women had in the 18th dynasty. The directive word in the question is extent, this means that you need to make a judgement on how much royal women were influential in the 18th dynasty. Within the question, you need to refer to the Impact on, religion, political, military, economic and social aspects in Egypt and how significant their influence was. Tetisheri was the first female queen in the 18th dynasty, her son was Seqenenre Tao, her daughter was Ahhotep II and her grandson was Ahmose. Tetisheri became regent for Ahmose after his father’s

She had a significant impact on the 18th dynasty in Egypt through social economic and religious aspects. After King Ahmose expelled the Hyksos, he provided her with three religious titles “God’s First Wife of Amun”, which could be passed on to future royal women, “The Divine Adoratrice” and “the Second Priesthood of Amun”. This allowed Ahmose-Nefetari to claim Divine oracle, her right to rule and her influence in the cult of Amun-Re. In the Stela of King Ahmose, he asks for Ahmose-Nefertari’s approval in erecting a cenotaph at Abydos, displaying her power in Egypt and that her input is necessary. Joyce Tyldesley mentions that Ahmose-Nefetari had “increasing emphasis on individuality and divinity”. She also had religious statues made of her to honour and worship. Ahmose-Nefetari and her son were the founders of the village Deir el Medina, she developed their society at Deir el medina and began the “valley of the kings”, this shows that she had a significant impact on economic aspects in Egypt. Joyce Tyldesley states “Nefertiti was allowed to play the part of the king.” Ahmose-Nefetari founded an order for upper-class women, this introduced women of a higher status and displayed women as powerful and influential to 18th dynasty Egypt. Joyce Tyldesley indicates ”New Kingdom queens were more visible than ever before…” this states that royal women in the 18th dynasty were vastly influential to

Hatshepsut Inherited the title “God’s wife of Amun”, recorded her divine birth and built a memorial temple at Deir el-Bahri, divine oracle, this emphasised her right to rule, her influence in the cult of Amun-Re that later pharaohs would copy as well as her divine birth depicted being on the walls to claim the title of pharaoh and the right to rule. Displayed the religious status and how important the God’s were to the Egyptians during the 18th dynasty. Marc van de Mieroop mentions that Hatshepsut "has become one of the most celebrated women of Egypt”. Hatshepsut also had trading expedition that she authorized, which brought back numerous materials, including trading expeditions to the Land of Punt. Through this she introduced new materials such as ivory, ebony, gold, leopard skins and incenses from Punt which advanced Egypt in new materials. Hatshepsut also spent time on building programs to displays her power in Egypt by building elaborate buildings. Betsy M. Bryan suggests that “Hatshepsut inaugurated building projects that far out-stripped those of her