New Kingdom of Egypt

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ancient Egyptian period civilization phase historical period

The New Kingdom of Egypt was a powerful and expansive era of ancient Egyptian civilization, marked by imperial conquest, monumental temple building, and flourishing art and culture roughly between the 16th and 11th centuries BCE.

Aliases (9)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian period → civilization phase → historical period →
alsoKnownAs	Egyptian Empire →
artStyle	New Kingdom Egyptian art →
country	Egypt →
declineFactors	economic difficulties → foreign invasions → internal strife →
economyBasedOn	agriculture → trade →
endTime	circa 1070 BCE →
engagedWith	Canaanite city-states → Hittite Empire → Kingdom of Kush → Mitanni →
follows	Second Intermediate Period of Egypt →
governmentForm	absolute monarchy →
hasCapital	Pi-Ramesses → Thebes →
hasNotableRuler	Ahmose I → Akhenaten → Amenhotep III → Hatshepsut → Ramesses II → Ramesses III → Seti I → Thutmose III → Tutankhamun →
hasPart	Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt → Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt → Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt →
knownFor	control of Nubia → flourishing art and culture → imperial expansion → military campaigns in the Levant → monumental temple construction →
languageUsed	Ancient Egyptian language →
locatedIn	Nile Valley → North Africa →
majorMortuaryComplex	Valley of the Kings → Valley of the Queens →
majorTempleSite	Karnak Temple Complex → Luxor Temple →
notableEvent	Battle of Kadesh →
partOf	ancient Egypt →
precedes	Third Intermediate Period of Egypt →
religion	ancient Egyptian religion →
ruledBy	pharaoh →
startTime	circa 1550 BCE →
writingSystem	Egyptian hieroglyphs → Hieratic script →

Referenced by (75)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abu Simbel temples → Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis → Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae → Pharaonic Egypt → Temple of Amada ("New Kingdom") → Temple of Beit el-Wali ("New Kingdom") → Temple of Derr ("New Kingdom") → Temple of Ramesses II at Derr ("New Kingdom") → Tomb of Pennut → Wadi es-Sebua →	period
Book of the Dead → Deshret → Lower Nubia ("New Kingdom") → Nut ("New Kingdom") → Red Crown → Set ("New Kingdom") → Unfinished Obelisk → Wadjet → west bank of the Nile ("New Kingdom") →	timePeriod
Amun ("New Kingdom") → Bastet ("New Kingdom") → Ennead of Heliopolis ("New Kingdom") → Geb ("New Kingdom") → Hathor ("New Kingdom") → Horus of Kubban → Osiris ("New Kingdom") → Ptah ("New Kingdom") → Sothis ("New Kingdom") →	worshipPeriod
Ramesses II → Thutmose III → Thutmose IV ("New Kingdom") →	era
Pharaoh → Saqqara necropolis → ankh →	periodOfUse
Amada → Temple of Ellesyia →	builtInPeriod
Canaan → Canaanites →	conqueredBy
Mit Rahina museum area → New Amada site ("New Kingdom of ancient Egypt") →	culturalPeriodRepresented
Abydos → Thebes (Egypt) →	flourishedDuring
Jaffa ("Egyptian New Kingdom rule") → Nile Valley cultural landscape →	hasHistoricalPeriod
New Kingdom of Egypt ("Egyptian Empire") →	alsoKnownAs
Great Temple of Ptah →	associatedWithDynasty
Temple of Ellesyia ("Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt") →	builtUnder
Dream Stele of Thutmose IV →	chronologicalContext
Aegean Bronze Age →	chronologicalOverlap
Colossi of Memnon →	civilization
Temple of Derr →	constructionPeriod
Nefertem ("New Kingdom") →	cultPeriod
Department of Egyptian Antiquities ("New Kingdom") →	hasCollectionScope
Ramesses II with royal family ("New Kingdom Egypt") →	hasContext
Battle of Carchemish ("Egyptian Empire") →	hasParticipant
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis ("New Kingdom Egypt") →	historicalCapitalOf
Amarna letters ("New Kingdom Egypt") →	historicalContext
Valley of the Queens →	historicalPeriod
Nile Valley →	historicalPeriodOfFlourishing
Luxor ("New Kingdom of ancient Egypt") →	historicalPeriodOfImportance
Tura limestone →	historicalPeriodOfUse
Thutmose IV →	kingdom
Late Bronze Age →	overlapsWith
Pi-Ramesses ("Ramesside period") →	partOf
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis ("New Kingdom") →	periodOfSignificance
Sneferu ("New Kingdom Egypt") →	posthumousCult
Amenhotep II ("New Kingdom") →	reignPeriod
Amarna letters ("Amarna Period") →	relatedTo
Hittite Empire →	rival
Byblos ("Egyptian New Kingdom") →	ruledBy
Egyptology →	studiesPeriod
Sekhmet ("New Kingdom") →	timePeriodOfWorship
Hittite Empire →	treatyWith
Ta-Mehu ("New Kingdom") →	usedInPeriod
Megiddo ("Egyptian New Kingdom") →	wasVassalTo