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female pharaoh of Egypt

c. 1507 BC – 1458 BC · 49 years · Thebes (Deir el-Bahari) · Africa

One of the few women to rule Egypt as full pharaoh; she sent an expedition to Punt and built the temple at Deir el-Bahari.

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Contemporaries around the world

Africa

Thutmose III — conqueror pharaoh of Egypt, 26 years younger

The world in their lifetime

c. 1500 BC Emergence of the Lapita culture — aged 7, Oceania
c. 1500 BC Composition of the Rigveda — aged 7, Asia