The Twentieth Dynasty was the last dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt, and it began with Setnakhte, who restored order after a period of turmoil. Its best-known pharaoh was Ramesses III, who defeated invasions by the Sea Peoples and the Libyans and built the temple of Medinet Habu. Under the later kings, all named Ramesses, from IV to XI, Egypt's power declined, with economic problems, grain shortages, the first recorded labour strike at Deir el-Medina and corruption involving tomb robbery. The high priests of Amun at Thebes grew powerful, and after the dynasty ended, Egypt split between rulers in the north and the south.
Before and after
- from c. 1,200 BCE to 450 BCEHallstatt culture
- from c. 1,200 BCE to 800 BCEUrnfield culture
- from c. 1,200 BCE to 150 BCEPhoenician script
- from c. 1,200 BCE to 546 BCELydia
- from c. 1,189 BCE to 1,077 BCETwentieth Dynasty of Egypt
- from 12th century BCE to 7th centuryOrigins of Utica
- from c. 1,077 BCE to 943 BCETwenty-first Dynasty of Egypt
- c. 1,051 BCESiege of Jebus
- c. 1,051 BCEThe Phoenician alphabet spreads
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