Primary Source

"[T]he god's wife Hatshepsut executed the affairs of the Two Lands according to her counsels. Egypt worked for her, head bowed . . ."

–a government official during Hatshepsut's reign, from "The 18th Dynasty Before the Amarna Period," by Betsy M. Bryan, in The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt

Read the quote from the primary source. What was it about Hatshepsut that made her an extraordinary pharaoh?

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Responses

She united Upper and Lower Egypt.

She united Upper and Lower Egypt.

She was the wife of a god.

She was the wife of a god.

She was a female pharaoh.

She was a female pharaoh.

She built the largest pyramid.

She built the largest pyramid.
Remaining Attempts

She was a female pharaoh.

According to the primary source, what made Hatshepsut an extraordinary pharaoh was that she was a female pharaoh.

The primary source quote suggests that Hatshepsut, as the god's wife, executed the affairs of Egypt according to her own counsels, and the people of Egypt worked for her with their heads bowed. Based on this information, we can infer that what made Hatshepsut an extraordinary pharaoh was the fact that she was a female pharaoh. Therefore, the correct answer is: She was a female pharaoh.