HISTORY 26 Lecture Twenty-Two: The Third Intermediate Period (c. 1069 - 664 BC)
May 19, 2015
HISTORY 26
Lecture Twenty-Two:
The Third Intermediate Period
(c. 1069 - 664 BC)
The Later New KingdomDynasties 19 and 20 (1295 -
1069 BC)19th Dynasty: (1295 -
1186)
Rameses ISety IRameses IIMerenptahAmenmessuSety IISaptahQueen Tausret
20th Dynasty: (1186 - 1069)
SethnachtRameses IIIRameses IVRameses VRameses VIRameses VIIRameses VIIIRameses IXRameses XRameses XI
Rameses XI Menmaatra Setepenptah
(1099 - 1069 BC) Thebes plagued
by Libyan gangs, famine, and tomb robberies
Panehsy, Viceroy of Nubia– Overseer of the
Granaries Amenhotep, High
Priest of Amun
The Siege of Medinet Habu
Rameses XI Menmaatra Setepenptah
(1099 - 1069 BC) Panehsy, Viceroy of
Nubia Amenhotep, High
Priest of Amun General Piankh
– Viceroy of Nubia– Vizier– High Priest of Amun
Herihor and Smendes– Thebes (Upper Egypt)
and Tanis (Lower Egypt)
Egypt and the Outside World
Libyans (Libu and Meshwesh), a Nubian, an Asiatic, and an Egyptian
The Third Intermediate Period
Dynasties 21 - 25 (1069 - 664 BC)21st Dynasty: (1069 -
945)
SmendesAmenemnisuPsusennes IAmenemopeOsorkon the ElderSiamunPsusennes II
22nd Dynasty: (945 - 715)
Sheshonq IOsorkon ISheshonq IITakelot IOsorkon IITakelot IISheshonq IIIPimaySheshonq VOsorkon IV
The Libyan PeriodDynasties 21 - 24 (1069 - 715
BC) The Libyans: Non-literate, semi-
nomadic pastoralists– The Egyptians: Literate and sedentary;
formal institutions and monumental construction
The granting of authority to kinsmen and provincial rulers– Promoted decentralization
The north-south divide was, at least in part, an ethnic divide
Kushite Rule of EgyptDynasty 25 (747 - 664 BC)
Capital: Memphis
[Kashta]Piy MenkheperraShabaqo NeferkaraShabitqo DjedkauraTaharqo
KhunefertemraTanutamani Bakara
The Pyramid Tombs at Nuri
Taharqo Khunefertemra(690 - 664 BC)
Ptah: Patron deity of Memphis and creator of the universe
Amun: Patron deity of Thebes and creator of the universe
Taharqo Khunefertemra(690 - 664 BC)
Mentuemhat, Governor of Thebes
(25th/26th Dynasties)
Kush and Assyria(701 - 664 BC)
701: Hezekiah of Judah and Sennecherib of Assyria
671: Invasion of Egypt by Esarhaddon– Taharqo flees and the
rulers of the Nile Delta become Assyrian vassals
667: Assurbanipal defeats Taharqo– Tanutamani returns in
664, but is also defeated– The sack of Thebes
Kush and Assyria(701 - 664 BC)
701: Hezekiah of Judah and Sennecherib of Assyria
671: Invasion of Egypt by Esarhaddon– Taharqo flees and the
rulers of the Nile Delta become Assyrian vassals
667: Assurbanipal defeats Taharqo– Tanutamani returns in
664, but is also defeated– The sack of Thebes
Psamtek I Wahibra(664 - 610 BC)
26th Dynasty: (664 - 525)
[Nekau I of Sais]Psamtek I WahibraNekau II WehemibraPsamtek II NeferibraApries HaaibraAhmose II [Amasis]
KhnemibraPsamtek III Ankhkaenra