Help in exercise for loop

[kais92]

That's the best query I have figured out:

base = input("choose a power base: ")
exp = input("choose a power exponent: ")

for x in range(exp+1):
    x=base**x
print x

I haven't been able to do it with the x*x*x form, can you tell me if there is a better way to do it?

base = input("choose a power base: ")
exp = input("choose a power exponent: ")

for x in range(exp+1):
    x=base
    base*=base
print x

Thanks