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".Kenneth A. Kitchen, The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC), 3rd edition, 1986, Warminster: Aris & Phillips Ltd, p.531

Pharaohs of the 21st Dynasty

Timeline of the 21st Dynasty

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from: -1051 till: -1047 color:PA text:" Amenemnisu ( 1051 BC – 1047 BC)"
from: -1047 till: -1001 color:PA text:"Psusennes I ( 1047 BC – 1001 BC)"
from: -1001 till: -992 color:PA text:" Amenemope ( 1001 BC – 992 BC)"
from: -992 till: -986 color:PA text:" Osorkon the Elder ( 992 BC – 986 BC)"
from: -986 till: -967 color:PA text:" Siamun ( 986 BC – 967 BC)"
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Footnotes

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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

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