Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt

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Dynasties of Pharaohs in Ancient Egypt
Predynastic Egypt
Protodynastic Period
Early Dynastic Period
1st 2nd
Old Kingdom
3rd 4th 5th 6th
First Intermediate Period
7th 8th 9th 10th
11th (Thebes only)
Middle Kingdom
11th (All Egypt)
12th 13th 14th
Second Intermediate Period
15th 16th 17th
New Kingdom
18th 19th 20th
Third Intermediate Period
21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th
First Persian Period
Late Period
28th 29th 30th
Second Persian Period
Macedonian-Roman Period
Alexander the Great
Ptolemaic Dynasty
Roman Egypt
Arab Conquest

The Twenty-First, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Third Intermediate Period.

[edit] Rulers

The known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Twenty-First Dynasty are as follows:

**Twenty-First Dynasty**
Name	Dates
Smendes	1077 BC - 1051 BC
Amenemnisu	1051 BC - 1047 BC
Psusennes I	1047 BC - 1001 BC
Amenemope	1001 BC - 992 BC
Osorkon the Elder	992 BC - 986 BC
Siamun	986 BC - 967 BC
Psusennes II	967 BC - 943 BC

After the reign of Ramesses III, a long, slow decline of royal power in Egypt followed. The pharaohs of the Twenty-First Dynasty ruled from Tanis, but were mostly active only in Lower Egypt which they controlled. This dynasty is described as 'Tanite' because it's political capital was based at Tanis. Meanwhile, the High Priests of Amun at Thebes effectively ruled Middle and Upper Egypt in all but name. The later Egyptian Priest Manetho of Sebennytos states in his Epitome on Egyptian royal history that "the 21st Dynasty of Egypt lasted for 130 years".^[1]