Third Intermediate Period of Egypt

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historical period period of ancient Egypt

The Third Intermediate Period of Egypt was a time of political fragmentation, weakened central authority, and foreign influence that followed the New Kingdom and preceded the Late Period in ancient Egyptian history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt canonical	27
Third Intermediate Period	9
Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ period of ancient Egypt ⓘ
capital	Bubastis ⓘ Tanis ⓘ Thebes ⓘ
chronologyDebate	subject to scholarly disagreement on exact dates ⓘ
country	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
culturalFeature	continuation of traditional Egyptian art forms with regional variation ⓘ strong role of the Amun priesthood at Thebes ⓘ use of Libyan personal names among rulers ⓘ
endTime	c. 664 BCE ⓘ
followedByEvent	Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Saite reunification of Egypt under the Twenty-sixth Dynasty
follows	New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
foreignPowerInvolved	Assyria ⓘ surface form: Assyrian Empire Libya ⓘ surface form: Libyans Nubians ⓘ
hasPart	Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
mainCharacteristic	division between north and south Egypt ⓘ foreign influence ⓘ political fragmentation ⓘ weakened central authority ⓘ
notableRuler	Bakenranef ⓘ Osorkon II ⓘ Pedubast I ⓘ Piye ⓘ Smendes I ⓘ surface form: Psusennes I Shabaka ⓘ Shoshenq I ⓘ Smendes I ⓘ Taharqa ⓘ Takelot II ⓘ Tantamani ⓘ Tefnakht ⓘ
politicalStructure	Nubian Kushite rule in later phase ⓘ coexistence of multiple dynasties ⓘ rule by Libyan-origin chiefs ⓘ
precededByEvent	collapse of New Kingdom imperial power ⓘ
precedes	Late Period of Egypt ⓘ
religion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
significantEvent	Assyrian invasions of Egypt in the 7th century BCE ⓘ Kushite period ⓘ surface form: Kushite conquest of Egypt under Piye Libyan settlement and rise to power in the Delta ⓘ establishment of the Twenty-second Dynasty at Bubastis ⓘ
startTime	c. 1069 BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pharaonic Egypt → period → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Late Period of Egypt → follows → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Shabaka Stone → historicalPeriod → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Bubastis → flourishedDuring → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt

New Kingdom of Egypt → precedes → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Egyptology → studiesPeriod → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Amun → worshipPeriod → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Intermediate Period

Medinet Habu → timeOfUse → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Intermediate Period

Saite political renaissance → follows → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Zau → significantPeriod → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Shabaka → era → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt → partOf → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Per-Bast → periodOfFlourishing → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Intermediate Period

Tell Basta → flourishedDuring → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Intermediate Period

Tell Basta → hasPeriodOfOccupation → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Intermediate Period

Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt → partOf → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Pharaoh Shabaka → era → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Shabaka

Shoshenq I → period → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt → partOf → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt → period → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Osorkon I → era → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

20th Dynasty of Egypt → successorState → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Theban Necropolis → periodOfUse → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Intermediate Period

Egyptian antiquities → timeSpan → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Saite Egypt → precededBy → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Osorkon II → period → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Karnak Temple inscriptions → chronology → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Intermediate Period

Kushite royal family → timePeriod → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Piye → era → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Tanis → flourishedInPeriod → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Intermediate Period

Tanis → culturalPeriod → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Intermediate Period

Shebitku → era → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Hieratic script → usedInPeriod → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Theban Triad → periodOfProminence → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Precinct of Mut → flourishedDuring → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

El-Kurru → period → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ

Egyptian–Nubian relations → involves → Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ