Hatshepsut may have been a pharaoh, but before that she did not rule alone. In her first few years she ruled with Thutmose II, then in some of her later years she ruled with Thutmose III. When it was her time to rule she increased trade, building, built many new structures, and mostly worked on economic prosperity. She mostly traded with Punt, who later became major trade partners. Many of her accomplishments are architectural, like temple and structured statues. Her main focus was economic prosperity. To do this, with her newly partnered trades, she gained gold, ivory, and myrrh trees. Hatshepsut helped expansion, trade, and economic prosperity in her time of rule, to make her land larger and richer, and to gain allies. Queen/pharaoh Hatshepsut