XIᵉ siècle av. J.-C. – VIIIᵉ siècle av. J.-C.
Egypt, especially the Delta and Thebes
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The period of decline followed the weakening of the New Kingdom and encompassed the Twenty-first to Twenty-fourth Dynasties. Authority was divided between Tanis in the Delta and Thebes, while Libyan-descended families, petty kingdoms, Assyria, and an independent Sudan challenged political unity. The emergence of rival dynasties reflected the fragmentation of royal power.
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The decline of the New Kingdom was followed by a period in which the Egyptian throne lost much of its authority. In the Twenty-first Dynasty, rule was divided by common consent between princes based at Tanis in the Delta and the dynasty associated with Heri-Hor at Thebes. After the death of the Theban ruler, Smendes, the ruler of the Delta, appears to have taken control of the whole country.
The period also saw the rise of a family of Libyan descent from the Fayyum. Its members may originally have been mercenary soldiers who settled in Egypt during the country’s withdrawal from earlier imperial commitments. One member, Sheshonq, seized the throne and founded a dynasty that lasted for approximately two centuries.
By the end of the Twenty-second Dynasty, Egypt had broken into competing petty kingdoms. The country faced pressure from Assyria and from a powerful independent Sudan, while Pedibast established a rival dynasty. The resulting political landscape was marked by divided sovereignty, competing royal lines, and the diminished capacity of a single king to control the entire Nile Valley.
XIᵉ siècle av. J.-C. – VIIIᵉ siècle av. J.-C.
Egypt, especially the Delta and Thebes
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
The period of decline followed the weakening of the New Kingdom and encompassed the Twenty-first to Twenty-fourth Dynasties. Authority was divided between Tanis in the Delta and Thebes, while Libyan-descended families, petty kingdoms, Assyria, and an independent Sudan challenged political unity. The emergence of rival dynasties reflected the fragmentation of royal power.
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Le récit
The decline of the New Kingdom was followed by a period in which the Egyptian throne lost much of its authority. In the Twenty-first Dynasty, rule was divided by common consent between princes based at Tanis in the Delta and the dynasty associated with Heri-Hor at Thebes. After the death of the Theban ruler, Smendes, the ruler of the Delta, appears to have taken control of the whole country.
The period also saw the rise of a family of Libyan descent from the Fayyum. Its members may originally have been mercenary soldiers who settled in Egypt during the country’s withdrawal from earlier imperial commitments. One member, Sheshonq, seized the throne and founded a dynasty that lasted for approximately two centuries.
By the end of the Twenty-second Dynasty, Egypt had broken into competing petty kingdoms. The country faced pressure from Assyria and from a powerful independent Sudan, while Pedibast established a rival dynasty. The resulting political landscape was marked by divided sovereignty, competing royal lines, and the diminished capacity of a single king to control the entire Nile Valley.
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