Most Powerful

• #1 Ramesses II
  Ancient Egypt Imperial SovereigntyMilitaryPolitical AncientAncient and Classical Military CommandState Power Power: 93
  Ramesses II (1303 BCE – 1213 BCE), often called Ramesses the Great, was a pharaoh of Egypt’s Nineteenth Dynasty whose long reign is associated with major military campaigning, intensive monument building, and the projection of Egyptian kingship across the eastern Mediterranean.
• #2 Thutmose III
  Ancient Egypt MilitaryMilitary CommandPolitical AncientAncient and Classical Military CommandState Power Power: 88
  Thutmose III (1481 BCE – 1425 BCE) was Pharaoh and military commander associated with Ancient Egypt. They are known for expanding imperial influence through campaigns that secured tribute, routes, and client rulers. Military command operated through control of armed forces, logistics, patronage
• #3 Taharqa
  AfricaAncient EgyptLevant Imperial SovereigntyMilitaryPolitical AncientAncient and Classical Military CommandState Power Power: 86
  Taharqa stands at the junction of Nile kingship and imperial frontier conflict. As a Kushite ruler over Egypt, he controlled one of the ancient world’s richest river civilizations while also facing the advance of Assyria.
• #4 Akhenaten
  Ancient EgyptNile Valley Imperial SovereigntyPoliticalReligion AncientAncient and Classical Land & TaxationReligious HierarchyState Power Power: 82
  Akhenaten was one of the most radical royal experimenters of the ancient world. As pharaoh of Egypt he attempted to reorganize not merely court ritual, but the relationship between the crown, the temples, the treasury, and public ideas of divine order.
• #5 Amasis II
  Ancient EgyptMediterranean Imperial SovereigntyPoliticalTrade AncientAncient and Classical State PowerTrade Routes Power: 80
  Amasis II ruled at the intersection of royal authority and Mediterranean exchange. His importance lies in the way he used political stabilization, military credibility, and commercial openness to keep Egypt wealthy and relevant in a competitive age.
• #6 Hatshepsut
  Ancient Egypt Imperial SovereigntyPolitical AncientAncient and Classical State Power Power: 79
  Hatshepsut (c. 1507–c. 1458 BCE) was a pharaoh of Egypt during the early 18th Dynasty, remembered for a reign that emphasized internal consolidation, temple patronage, and long-distance trade as instruments of royal authority.
• #7 Ramses II
  Ancient Egypt Imperial SovereigntyPolitical AncientAncient and Classical State Power Power: 79
  Ramses II (1303 BCE – 1213 BCE), more commonly rendered as Ramesses II in modern Egyptology, was a pharaoh of Egypt’s Nineteenth Dynasty whose reign became one of the clearest examples of how a premodern state converted agricultural surplus into military force, monumental building