What happened during Hatshepsuts life?

She builds

the Djeser-Djeseru. We know it as The Mortuary Temple of Queen

Hatshepsut. It is located at Deir el-Bahri, The Obelisks of

Hatshepsut and The Red Chapel. She lived in the Palace of Ma'at. It

was rectangular structure. The capital was Thebes, Amarna, and then

again Thebes. In terms of trade, Hatshepsut was not blind to the

need of bolstering Egypt's economy' and indeed, the Punt expedition

is but the climax of her consistent trading enterprises with

Lebanon, Crete, Syria, West Africa, South Africa, Aswan and the

reopening of mines in Mt. Sinai. She traded Ivory, gold, silver and

other goods for eating. Hatshepsut's legacy is also extant in the

enduring architectural innovations she incorporated into her

building program. The design of Djeser-Djeseru is a prime example;

although there exists a few doubtful precursors of the terraced

template originality of the design cannot be gainsaid.' The

thematic structure of the three terraces, from her role as pharaoh,

to legitimization of her rule and achievements, to the worship of

the deities is indisputably her own invention, as were the ramps

linking them, imitating the glory of a sun's ray. Thutmose III

modeled his mortuary temple on Hatshepsut's whilst Akhenaten

incorporated the design of the ramps into his own buildings.

Similarly, the design of Hatshepsut's tomb, with the three

successive passageways leading to the burial chamber, her royal

sarcophagus, her resting stations for Amun's barque were likewise

replicated by her successors. Therefore, Hatshepsut's reign was

characterized by a myriad of architectural innovations that became

her legacy, to be admiringly integrated into the buildings of the

future generations of pharaohs. Extreme prosperity and renaissance

in art and building projects mark the beginning of this period.

Towards the end of the 19th Dynasty the increasing power of the

priesthood corrupts the central government. During the 20th Dynasty

tomb robbing is done by officials. The priesthood becomes

hereditary and begins to assume secular power. The government

breaks down.