Antiquity
New Kingdom of Egypt
- Period
- 1500 BC – 801 BC
- Duration
- approx. 699 years
- Greatest extent
- around 1400 BC
- Area (max.)
- approx. 711,000 km²
Profile
Strength
Chariots and archers; under Thutmose III and Ramesses II the strongest power in the Near East.
Famous figures
- Hatshepsut
- Thutmose III
- Akhenaten
- Tutankhamun
- Ramesses II
Wars & battles won
- Battle of Megiddo (c. 1457 BC)
- Repelling the Sea Peoples (c. 1177 BC)
Draw / disputed
- Battle of Kadesh (c. 1274 BC)
Languages
- Ancient Egyptian
Period and duration
New Kingdom of Egypt — according to the map data from 1500 BC to 801 BC, roughly 699 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
New Kingdom of Egypt — greatest extent around 1400 BC: the mapped borders then cover about 711,000 km², roughly 0.5% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (1501 BC)
After
- Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
- Kingdom of Kush
- Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt
Neighbours around 1400 BC
The largest states in the region at the same time:
Learn more
- Open the world map in 1400 BC — tap the empire for a detailed description
- New Kingdom of Egypt on Wikipedia
- All 371 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.