What did Nitocris accomplish?

What did Nitocris accomplish?

Nitocris’ sole accomplishment that we know of in the historical record is avenging her husband’s death.

What female pharaoh started hundreds of building projects?

Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut was one of the most prolific builders in Ancient Egypt, commissioning hundreds of construction projects throughout both Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Arguably, her buildings were grander and more numerous than those of her Middle Kingdom predecessors.

What did Nitocris do to become famous?

Nitocris is best known from the story told of her by Herodotus (484-425/413 BCE) in his Histories (Book II. 100) in which she murders the assassins of her brother at a banquet.

How did Nitocris become a pharaoh?

Queen Nitocris became pharaoh after much dispute when there was no male heir to ascend the throne. She is most remembered in Egyptian history as the bravest and most beautiful women of her time. No structures were commissioned by her and she is left unmentioned in many Egyptian records.

How did Cyrus the great use Nitocris?

The Achaemenid Persian King Cyrus used Nitocris’ public works against her in his conquest of Babylon. He diverted the Euphrates into her artificial lake, lowering the river’s level to allow his troops to enter the city under the defensive walls beneath which the river passed.

What are some of Hatshepsut’s major building projects?

Djeser-Djeseru is built into a cliff face that rises sharply above it. Djeser-Djeseru and the other buildings of Hatshepsut’s Deir el-Bahri complex are considered to be significant advances in architecture. Another one of her great accomplishments is the Hatshepsut needle (also known as the granite obelisks).

Is the story of Nitocris a true story?

Real or not, Nitocris is a complex, ambiguous personality whose successes and failures are inextricably linked. She builds magnificent, monumental waterworks, but these are used by Cyrus to capture her city. She tricks Darius into opening her tomb only to bring about the violation of her own grave.

What did the Babylonians do after the destruction of Nineveh?

After the destruction of Nineveh, the Babylonians began to worry about the ambitions of their erstwhile Persian allies.