Speech
Hello and welcome everybody, my name is Amenhotep III. I am the pharaoh
of Egypt. I was born in 1403 B.C. I was born into wealth because my parents, the
pharaoh Tuthmosis IV and my mother Queen Mutemwia were the rulers of Egypt. I
don’t remember much till the age of 12. When I became 12 my father died and I
was then made the ruler of Egypt. Around the same time I married Queen Tiy, and
we had six children, Akhenaten, Tuthmosis, Sitamun, Isis, Henuttaneb, and
Nebetah. Over the years I married a lot till I had 317 wives. I always ignored
Akhenaten because I did not take him to any festivals and ceremonies, and he was
called “The Ignored Son. I don’t know why I did this. I lived in the period when
Egypt was very peaceful and prosperous. I did not have to wage a single war in
my lifetime. The only incident when I had to use some force was when I had to
put down a rebellion in Nubia. This allowed me to focus my energy towards my
hobby of building big monuments. I built the Temple of Amun which is now in
modern day Luxor. I also built a mortuary temple that is one of the tallest
temples ever made. I consider myself so great that I have shown myself in the
Temple of Amun as the son of God Amun. I have developed friendly relations with
the Mitannians, and the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Hittites. These are all the
small empires in the near east. The good relations have allowed me to maintain
peace in the Near-East and there are no threats to my empire in Egypt. I have
also allowed citizens from my neighbors to come and settle down in Egypt. They
have married local Egyptians and also hold high posts in the public office. This
peace with the neighbors has allowed me to spread Egyptian culture and influence
in the near east. This has also resulted in strong Egyptian trade with the rest
of near east. I have made Egypt a powerful and prosperous country.