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 Hatshepsut, the Adventurous Lady Pharaoh

Hatshepsut, the Adventurous Lady Pharaoh

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     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   2.65

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     challenging words:    adventurous, incense, people, powerful, pharaoh, coast, stayed, large, east, some, ruler, woman, though, also, land, even

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Hatshepsut, the Adventurous Lady Pharaoh
By Colleen Messina 		  
1     Some people like trips. Others like to stay home. Hatshepsut ruled in Egypt. She was a powerful ruler. She was a pharaoh even though she was a woman. That was unusual. She was adventurous, but she did not want to go on trips. She had a good idea. She sent others on adventures!
 
2     The lady pharaoh sent explorers to the land of Punt. It was on the east coast of Africa. Today, Somalia is there. The pharaoh sent a fleet of five ships. The ships were large. Egyptians needed to .....
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