World History › Section C · The ancient Near East › Topic C.2
Egypt's New Kingdom
After expelling foreign rulers, Egypt spent five centuries on the offensive — conquering Nubia and Syria, building Karnak and Abu Simbel, and experimenting with one god. This topic follows the New Kingdom's warrior pharaohs, its queens, and the collapse that finally ended its golden age.
In this topic
- Reunification and the new empire
- Amun-Re and the god-state
- Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh
- Thutmose III and the empire's work
- Worked example: reading an erasure
- Amenhotep III and the road to revolution
- Ramesses II and the spin of Qadesh
- Worked example: counting an empire's profits
- The end: Sea Peoples and decline
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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