Editing History of Egypt (section)

=== New Kingdom, Third Intermediate Period and Late Period ===
{{Main|New Kingdom of Egypt|Third Intermediate Period of Egypt|Late Period of ancient Egypt}}
[[File:Starożytny_Bliski_Wschód_w_XV_wieku_p.n.e._(Ancient_Near_East_1450_B.C.).jpg|thumb|New Kingdom in the 15th century BC]]

The [[New Kingdom of Egypt|New Kingdom]] (c. 1550–1070 BC) began with the Eighteenth Dynasty, marking the rise of Egypt as an [[Power in international relations|international power]] that expanded during its greatest extension to an empire from [[Syria]] to [[Upper Nubia]]. This period is noted for some of the most well known [[Pharaoh]]s, including [[Hatshepsut]], [[Thutmose III]], [[Akhenaten]] and his wife [[Nefertiti]], [[Tutankhamun]] and [[Ramesses II]]. The first historically attested expression of [[monotheism]] came during this period as [[Atenism]], although some{{who|date=April 2019}} consider [[Atenism]] to be a form of [[monolatry]] rather than of [[monotheism]]. Frequent contacts with other nations brought new ideas to the New Kingdom. The country was later ruled and invaded by [[Ancient Libya|Libyans]], [[Kingdom of Kush|Nubians]] and [[Assyria]]ns, but native Egyptians eventually drove them out and regained control of their country.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ancientsudan.org/history_06_nubconegypt.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105190447/http://ancientsudan.org/history_06_nubconegypt.htm | archive-date=5 January 2009 | title=The Kushite Conquest of Egypt | publisher=Ancientsudan.org | url-status=usurped | access-date=25 August 2010}}</ref>