Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt

The Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXI, alternatively 21st Dynasty or Dynasty 21) is usually classified as the first Dynasty of the Ancient Egyptian Third Intermediate Period, lasting from 1077 BC to 943 BC.

History

After the reign of Ramesses III, a long, slow decline of royal power in Egypt followed. The pharaohs of the Twenty-first Dynasty ruled from Tanis, but were mostly active only in Lower Egypt, which they controlled. This dynasty is described as 'Tanite' because its political capital was based at Tanis. Meanwhile, the High Priests of Amun at Thebes effectively ruled Middle and Upper Egypt in all but name. The later Egyptian Priest Manetho of Sebennytos states in his Epitome on Egyptian royal history that "the 21st Dynasty of Egypt lasted for 130 years".

Pharaohs of the 21st Dynasty

Timeline of the 21st Dynasty

Footnotes

Further reading

Jaroslav Černý, Studies in the Chronology of the Twenty-First Dynasty, JEA 32 (1946), 24-30

See also

Family tree of the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, and Twenty-third Dynasties of Egypt Theban High Priests of Amun

External links

http://www.narmer.pl/dyn/21en.htm

States and territories established in the 11th century BC

States and territories disestablished in the 10th century BC

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Nile Delta

11th century BC in Egypt

10th century BC in Egypt

11th-century BC establishments in Egypt

10th-century BC disestablishments in Egypt

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