Akhenaten’s devotion to Aten defined his reign with religious fervor, while art flourished under his rule and attained an unprecedented level of realism.
Hatshepsut concentrated on expanding Egyptian trade, while Thutmose III consolidated power.
The Eighteenth Dynasty contained some of Egypt’s most famous pharaohs, including Hatshepsut, Akhenaten, Thutmose III, and Tutankhamun.
This was possibly a result of the foreign rule of the Hyksos during the Second Intermediate Period,
The New Kingdom saw Egypt attempt to create a buffer against the Levant and by attaining its greatest territorial by extending into Nubia and the Near East.