Answer:
a.treated those he conquered with mercy
Explanation:
Many egyptian pharaons expanded the empire and egyptian reign beyond its borders, Thumose conquered and created the largest Egypt empire on history, and he did by conquering part of asia, and after he conquered he would leave a local regent, that would rule over the land and pay annual tribute to the Egyptian crown, and would take all of the offspring of the current leaders and kings to be egyptianized and educated in the egyptian court so they´d eventually come back to rule what they inherited.
