Senusret III

(noun)

Warrior-king during the Twelfth Dynasty, who centralized power within Egypt through various military successes.

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Examples of Senusret III in the following topics:

  • The Middle Kingdom

    • In his 33rd regnal year, he appointed his son, Senusret II, co-regent.
    • There is no evidence of military activity during the reign of Senusret II.
    • He reigned only fifteen years, and was succeeded by his son, Senusret III.
    • Senusret III was a warrior-king, and launched a series of brutal campaigns in Nubia.
    • Statue head of Sensuret III, one of the kings in the Twelfth Dynasty.

  • Ancient Egyptian Trade

    • An ancient form of the Suez Canal is believed to have been started by Pharaoh Senusret II or III of the Twelfth Dynasty, in order to connect the Nile River with the Red Sea.

  • Napoleon III

  • The Formation of Russia

    • His son, Vasili III, continued in his footsteps marking an era known as the "Gathering of the Russian Lands."
    • Vasili III also followed in his father’s oppressive footsteps.
    • This banquet hall was only one of many major architectural feats Ivan III built during his reign in Moscow.
    • This piece was created by a contemporary artist and depicts Vasili III as a scholar and leader.
    • Outline the key points that led to a consolidated northern region under Ivan III and Vasili III in Moscow

  • The New Kingdom

    • It was ruled by pharaohs Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, Akhenaten, Tutankhamun and Ramesses II.
    • The Eighteenth Dynasty, also known as the Thutmosid Dynasty, contained some of Egypt's most famous pharaohs, including Ahmose I, Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, Amenhotep III, Akhenaten (c. 1353-1336 BCE) and his queen Nefertiti, and Tutankhamun.
    • These victories maximized Egyptian power and wealth during the reign of Amenhotep III.
    • The last "great" pharaoh from the New Kingdom is widely regarded to be Ramesses III.
    • In the eighth year of his reign, the Sea Peoples invaded Egypt by land and sea, but were defeated by Ramesses III.

  • The Brief Reign of Peter III

    • Peter III's decision to turn Russia from an enemy to an ally of Prussia as well as his domestic reforms did not convince the Russian nobility to support the unpopular emperor.
    • Peter III (1728 – 1762) was emperor of Russia for six months in 1762.
    • On July 17 - eight days after the coup and just six months after his accession to the throne - Peter III died at the hands of Alexei Orlov.
    • Peter III's temperament became quite unbearable for those who resided in the palace.

  • William of Orange and the Grand Alliance

    • William III's main goals in the conflict over the Spanish succession was to ensure the Protestant accession in England and curb the power of France and Louis XIV.
    • The news that Louis XIV had accepted Charles II's will and that the Second Partition Treaty was dead was a personal blow to William III.
    • Yet to William III France's growing strength made war inevitable.
    • From William III's perspective, losing the hard-won securities overturned the work of the last twenty years.
    • King William III of England, portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1680s, National Galleries, Scotland.

  • The Isaurian Dynasty

    • The Isaurian dynasty is characterized by relative political stability, after an important defeat of the Arabs by Leo III, and Iconoclasm, which resulted in considerable internal turmoil.
    • Leo III, who would become the founder of the so-called Isaurian dynasty, was actually born in Germanikeia in northern Syria c. 685; his alleged origin from Isauria derives from a reference in Theophanes the Confessor, which may be a later addition.
    • The Arabs initially hoped to exploit Byzantine civil strife and made common cause with the general Leo III the Isaurian, who had risen up against Emperor Theodosius III.
    • The Arab failure was chiefly logistical, as they were operating too far from their Syrian bases, but the superiority of the Byzantine navy through the use of Greek fire, the strength of Constantinople's fortifications, and the skill of Leo III in deception and negotiations also played important roles.
    • Left: Leo IV with his son Constantine VI; Right: Leo III with his son Constantine V on the reverse.

  • Hatshepsut

    • Thutmose II also fathered Thutmose III with Iset, a secondary wife.
    • Hatshepsut ascended to the throne as co-regent with Thutmose III, who came to the throne as a two-year old child.
    • After her death, mostly during Thutmose III's reign, haphazard attempts were made to remove Hatshepsut from certain historical and pharaonic records.
    • Amenhotep II, the son of Thutmose III, may have been responsible.
    • The Tyldesley hypothesis states that Thutmose III may have decided to attempt to scale back Hatshepsut's role to that of regent rather than king.

  • The Third Intermediate Period

    • Shoshenq III of the Twenty-Second Dynasty controlled Lower Egypt by 818 BCE, while Takelot II and his son Osorkon (the future Osorkon III) ruled Middle and Upper Egypt.
    • Eventually Osorkon B defeated his enemies, and proceeded to found the Upper Egyptian Libyan Dynasty of Osorkon III, Takelot III, and Rudamun.  
    • Pharaoh Psamtik III succeeded his father, Ahmose II, only six months before he had to face the Persian Empire at Pelusium.
    • Psamtik III was defeated and briefly escaped to Memphis.