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New Kingdom

Proper noun

Meaning

the New Kingdom

(historical, Egyptology) Egypt after the Second Intermediate Period but before the Third Intermediate Period, from the time of the overthrow of the Hyksos under Ahmose I at the start of the 18th Dynasty to its de facto disintegration at the end of the 20th Dynasty.

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Examples

Around 1350 BC, the stability of the New Kingdom seemed threatened further when Amenhotep IV ascended the throne and instituted a series of radical and chaotic reforms. Source: Internet

During the New Kingdom (16th to 11th centuries BC), cheetahs were common pet animals for the royalty, who decorated the animals with beautiful collars and leashes. Source: Internet

By the New Kingdom he was also associated with Amun, the supreme force in the cosmos.sfn Upon his death, the king became fully deified. Source: Internet

Beginning in the New Kingdom, oracles played a major role in the legal system, dispensing justice in both civil and criminal cases. Source: Internet

Egyptian oracles are known mainly from the New Kingdom and afterward, though they probably appeared much earlier. Source: Internet

By the 11th century BC, the authority of the New Kingdom dynasties had diminished, allowing divided rule in Egypt, and ending Egyptian control of Kush. Source: Internet

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