The Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt ruled during the Third Intermediate Period, after the end of the New Kingdom, from the city of Tanis in the Nile Delta, while the high priests of Amun controlled Upper Egypt from Thebes. Its first king was Smendes, and the later ones included Psusennes I and Siamun. Though the country was divided in practice, the two parts were linked by family and marriage, and generally lived in peace. The dynasty is known for the rich royal tombs found at Tanis, including the silver coffin of Psusennes I, and for the royal mummies hidden at Thebes. It ended when a Libyan general, Shoshenq I, took the throne and founded the Twenty-second Dynasty.
Before and after
- 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
- from c. 1,050 BCE to 930 BCEUnited Kingdom of Israel
- c. 1,050 BCEEruption of Pinatubo
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