New Kingdom Egypt

Geographical Location

The New Egypt Kingdom was located all over the Nile River. However, the vegetation and the wild animals of the area could not let human societies settle there. In addition, the hunter-gatherer tribes travelled and fought for animals and territory nonetheless the need for water supplies was stronger therefore they had to start a new civilization next to the river.

Chronological Location

Historical background

Lifestyle

One of the most astonishing facts about Egypt is how little everyday life changed over the millennia. The rhythm of Egyptian life was the rhythm of the Nile until a few years ago, when the Aswan dam was erected. The gods were gone, so are the pharaohs, the language and the writing. The cities look European in a ramshackle sort of way, transportation is partly 20th century, there's some industry, and radio and television are everywhere. But villages in the farther off corners of the country must still look very much like those of thousands of years ago.

Religion

With many local and national gods, Egyptian religion was a natural response to the mysteries of the universe and reflected the worries of everyday life in the Ancient World. This made the world confusing and frightening. So it was logical for them to use religion to explain these mysteries. The actions of the gods provided convincing explanations where no other existed. The gods caused night and day, harvest and famine, light and dark, because if they didn't. Religion helped Egyptians go about their lives without worrying too much. If they honored the right gods in the right way at the right time, all would be well.

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Politics & government

The New Kingdom (1570–1070 BC) followed the Second Intermediate Period and was succeeded by the Third Intermediate Period. It was Egypt’s most prosperous time and marked the zenith of its power.

Egypt reached the peak of its power, wealth, and territory.

The government was reorganized into a military centralized state ruled by the pharaoh and his chief minister. Palestine, Syria, and the northern Euphrates area in Mesopotamia were brought within the New Kingdom. The territorial expansion involved Egypt in a complicated system of diplomacy, alliances, and treaties.

Toward the end of the Twentieth Dynasty, Egyptian power declined at home and abroad.

Upper Egypt was governed from Thebes.

Twenty-first Dynasty, the pharaohs San al Hajar al Qibliyah ruled from Tanis.

The pharaohs of the Twenty-second and Twentythird dynasties were mostly Libyans while the brief Twenty fourth Dynasty were Egyptians and the Twenty-fifth were Nubians and Ethiopians.

Culture

Egypt maintained a strong, powerful and religious culture that influenced later cultures of the whole world, after the whole pharaonic eras, Egypt itself came under the influence of Hellenism, for a time Christianity, and later, Islamic culture.

The ancient architectural tradition retained its vitality, e minor arts, however, continued to flourish; alabaster vases, faience pottery and figurines, glassware, ivories, and metalwork were produced with the ancient skill and in the traditional Egyptian style.

References

“New Kingdom Egypt” (2014) Link: http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/newkingdom/religion.html; saw [ september 3 2014].