Egyptian power revives during the New Kingdom (ca. 1570-1100 BCE), whose founding pharaoh, Ahmose I, incorporates Kush as an Egyptian province governed by a viceroy.

Egypt's administrative control of Kush extends down only to the fourth cataract, but Egyptian sources list tributary districts reaching to the Red Sea and upstream to the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile rivers.

Egyptian authorities ensure the loyalty of local chiefs by drafting their children to serve as pages at the pharaoh's court.

Egypt also expects tribute in gold and slaves from local chiefs.