Polity · 1500 BCE – 801 BCE
New Kingdom of Egypt
- Peak recorded area
- 708,712 km²
- 1400 BCE
- Data series
- 28
- 1500 BCE–1100 BCE
Overview
The New Kingdom, also called the Egyptian Empire, refers to ancient Egypt between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC. This period of ancient Egyptian history covers the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth dynasties. Through radiocarbon dating, the establishment of the New Kingdom has been placed between 1570 and 1544 BC. The New Kingdom followed the Second Intermediate Period and was succeeded by the Third Intermediate Period.
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Territory
7 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 801 BCE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Polity Population5 obs · 1500 BCE–1100 BCE | 6.4score1100 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Largest Settlement Pop2 obs · 1550 BCE–1293 BCE | 275Kpersons1293 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Population2 obs · 1550 BCE–1293 BCE | 2.5Mpersons1293 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Community Size | 8ordinal1400 BCE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
Economy
6 of 8 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Sophistication5 obs · 1500 BCE–1100 BCE | 1.39score1100 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Monetary Complexity5 obs · 1500 BCE–1100 BCE | 0.5score1100 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Agriculture Intensity | 6ordinal1400 BCE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Agriculture | 7ordinal1400 BCE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Fishing | 1ordinal1400 BCE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Gathering | 0ordinal1400 BCE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Military Sophistication5 obs · 1500 BCE–1100 BCE | 1score1100 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Military Levels2 obs · 1550 BCE–1293 BCE | 7levels1293 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Territory & resources
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Territory km²6 obs · 1475 BCE–1100 BCE | 567Ksq km1100 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Polity Territory5 obs · 1500 BCE–1100 BCE | 5.75score1100 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Admin Levels2 obs · 1550 BCE–1293 BCE | 5.5levels1293 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Hierarchy2 obs · 1550 BCE–1293 BCE | 5levels1293 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Jurisdictional Hierarchy | 5ordinal1400 BCE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Political Succession | 1ordinal1400 BCE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
Development
6 of 8 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Government Complexity5 obs · 1500 BCE–1100 BCE | 0.69score1100 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Hierarchy Levels5 obs · 1500 BCE–1100 BCE | 5.83score1100 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Information Complexity5 obs · 1500 BCE–1100 BCE | 0.9231score1100 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Infrastructure5 obs · 1500 BCE–1100 BCE | 0.9score1100 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Largest Settlement Pop5 obs · 1500 BCE–1100 BCE | 5.44score1100 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Levels5 obs · 1500 BCE–1100 BCE | 5score1100 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock)Ethnographic Atlas (D-PLACE 2.3)
Kirby, K.R. et al. (2016). D-PLACE: A Global Database of Cultural, Linguistic and Environmental Diversity. PLoS ONE 11(7).
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Seshat Equinox 2020Equinox 2020
Turchin, P. et al. Seshat Global History Databank, Equinox 2020 release.
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Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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New Kingdom of Egypt is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.