It was a golden age of wealth , power and prosperity , and remarkable diplomacy was used to keep the empire 's rivals at bay .
By 1400 BC the Egyptian Empire stretched from northern Syria to the Sudan in Africa , under the rule of Amenhotep III .
Egyptian Empire was a golden age of wealth , power and prosperity , and remarkable diplomacy was used to keep the empire 's rivals at bay .
By 1400 BC the Egyptian Empire stretched from northern Syria to the Sudan in Africa , under the rule of Amenhotep III .