Episode 4.3 - Thutmose III - The Napoleon of Egypt

<p>No general or ruler gets the nickname of Napoleon for nothing. Thutmose III, the 5th Pharaoh of the illustrious eighteenth dynasty took the throne at the age of 2. For 20 years he shared the throne with his aunt/step mother Hatshepsut. When he finally became sole Pharaoh, the warrior Pharaoh went on to lead Egypt through an unprecedented period of warfare and expansion, bringing an end to Egypt&apos;s isolationist, inward past, firmly putting it on the path of empire and turning it into probably the strongest and wealthiest state in the world</p>