New Kingdom Egypt

9 CH

empire, chariots, and Tut

New Kingdom Egypt2,055 BCE – 1,069 BCE

Egypt's Classical Age

the Middle Kingdom's literary renaissance, Nubian fortresses, and a female pharaoh

~2055–1650 BCE

the Hyksos occupation — not a sudden invasion, but a slow takeover that changed everything

~1650–1550 BCE

Ahmose I drives out the Hyksos and turns a defended kingdom into an offensive empire

~1555–1493 BCE

Hatshepsut's twenty-two years as pharaoh — Punt, obelisks, and the erasure that came after

~1479–1458 BCE

Thutmose III's seventeen campaigns and the largest empire Egypt ever built

~1458–1390 BCE

Amenhotep III at the apex — diplomacy, art, and the most powerful kingdom on Earth

~1391–1353 BCE

Akhenaten's revolution — one god, one city, one spectacular failure

~1353–1319 BCE

Ramesses II's sixty-six years — Kadesh, Abu Simbel, and the world's oldest peace treaty

~1294–1213 BCE

the Sea Peoples, the first workers' strike, and the end of the Bronze Age world

~1186–1069 BCE