Nile Valley and Levant · Bronze Age
Egyptian New Kingdom
Egypt's imperial high point
1,550 BCE – 1,077 BCE · 473 years
Egypt's wealthiest and most militarily expansive era, including the reigns of Hatshepsut and Ramesses II.
Where it sits on the calendar
Government
Divine kingship
Writing system
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Estimated peak population
3,000,000
How it ended
Trade network collapse
Traits
Monumental architecture Bronze metallurgy Irrigation agriculture Standing army Long-distance trade Astronomical record-keeping Urban planning Seafaring Iron metallurgy Codified law
How Egyptian New Kingdom ended
Weakened by Sea Peoples incursions and economic strain during the wider Bronze Age collapse.
See other civilizations that fell the same way →Notable for
- Valley of the Kings royal tombs
- Territorial expansion into the Levant
- Treaty diplomacy with the Hittites
Who else was alive at the same time
8 other civilizations in this dataset overlap with Egyptian New Kingdom's 473-year span.
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