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Chronicle VII of XIV

The Third Intermediate Period

Division & Foreign Kings

A divided Egypt under Libyan and Kushite kings, until Assyria and then Saïs reunite it.

Span
c. 1069 – 664 BCE
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8
  1. 1069 BC

    Twenty-first DynastyPolitical

    A land divided between Tanis and Thebes

    With the New Kingdom ended, the Twenty-first Dynasty rules the Delta from Tanis while the high priests of Amun govern the south from Thebes, splitting Egypt in two.

    Meanwhile, elsewhere · 3
  2. 1000 BC

    Twenty-first DynastyReligious

    The royal mummy caches of Thebes

    To save the great pharaohs from rampant tomb robbery, the Theban priests gather and rebury dozens of royal mummies in hidden caches.

    Meanwhile, elsewhere · 3
  3. 945 BC

    Twenty-second DynastyMilitary

    Shoshenq I and the Libyan dynasty

    Shoshenq I, of Libyan descent, seizes the throne and briefly reunites Egypt, then campaigns into Canaan in a raid echoed in the Hebrew Bible.

    Meanwhile, elsewhere · 3
  4. 818 BC

    An Age of FragmentationPolitical

    Rival kings and the splintering of power

    Egypt fractures into a patchwork of competing dynasties and local rulers, with the Twenty-third Dynasty rising alongside the Twenty-second and chiefs governing the Delta.

    Meanwhile, elsewhere · 3
  5. 728 BC

    Twenty-fifth DynastyPolitical

    The Kushite pharaohs conquer Egypt

    Piye, king of Kush, marches north from Napata and subdues the warring rulers of Egypt, founding the Nubian Twenty-fifth Dynasty over the whole Nile valley.

    Meanwhile, elsewhere · 3
  6. 690 BC

    Twenty-fifth DynastyCultural

    Taharqa and the height of Kushite Egypt

    The Kushite pharaoh Taharqa presides over a cultural revival and an ambitious building programme, but soon faces the rising might of the Assyrian empire.

    Meanwhile, elsewhere · 3
  7. 671 BC

    Assyrian InvasionsMilitary

    The Assyrians sack Memphis and Thebes

    The Assyrian kings Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal invade Egypt, drive out the Kushite pharaohs, and in 663 BCE sack the holy city of Thebes.

    Meanwhile, elsewhere · 3
  8. 664 BC

    Toward the Saite RevivalPolitical

    Psamtik I reunites Egypt under Sais

    Psamtik I of Sais throws off Assyrian overlordship and reunites Egypt, founding the Twenty-sixth Dynasty and ending the Third Intermediate Period.

    Meanwhile, elsewhere · 3