New Kingdom of Egypt

New Kingdom of Egypt was an empire in Egypt (North and West Africa) that lasted from c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, about 481 years. Its people spoke Egyptian languages (Ancient Egyptian, Coptic).

Egypt's imperial age, ruling Nubia and Canaan under pharaohs such as Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, Akhenaten, Tutankhamun and Ramesses II. It faded after the Sea Peoples and the loss of its empire.

See New Kingdom of Egypt on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 1550 to 1069 BCE

Duration

481 years

Type

Empire

Region

Egypt, North and West Africa

Language family

Egyptian

Capital

Thebes, Amarna, Memphis, Pi-Ramesses

Came from

• Second Intermediate Period c. 1650 to 1550 BCE

Became

• Third Intermediate Period c. 1069 to 664 BCE

Events in North and West Africa during its time

• 1470 BCE Hatshepsut's expedition to Punt
• 1346 BCE Akhenaten founds Amarna

Neighbours in North and West Africa

• Kingdom of Kerma c. 2500 to 1500 BCE
• Land of Punt c. 2500 to 980 BCE
• Egyptian Nubia (Viceroyalty of Kush) c. 1500 to 1070 BCE
• Third Intermediate Period c. 1069 to 664 BCE
• Second Intermediate Period c. 1650 to 1550 BCE
• Hyksos (Fifteenth Dynasty) c. 1650 to 1550 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
• Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
• Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE, Middle East

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