Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt

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Egyptian dynasty royal house

The Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt was an early Third Intermediate Period royal line that ruled from Tanis and oversaw a politically fragmented Egypt with significant power held by Theban high priests.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
21st Dynasty	1
21st Dynasty of Egypt	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptian dynasty ⓘ royal house ⓘ
associatedWith	Theban priestly rule in Upper Egypt ⓘ
capital	Tanis NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	division of religious and secular authority ⓘ political fragmentation ⓘ
chronologicalPosition	first dynasty of the Third Intermediate Period ⓘ
conflictsWith	Libyan groups in Egypt ⓘ
country	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
dynasticSeat	Tanis royal necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	c. 943 BC ⓘ
era	Bronze Age collapse aftermath ⓘ
followedBy	Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm	Monarchy ⓘ
hasCoreRegion	Nile Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalContinuityWith	New Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicCondition	reduced central revenues compared to New Kingdom ⓘ
hasHistoriographicalDesignation	Dynasty XXI NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoriographicalSource	Manetho’s Aegyptiaca NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasImportantArchaeologicalFind	gold funerary mask of Psusennes I NERFINISHED ⓘ silver coffin of Psusennes I NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasImportantArchaeologicalSite	Tanis royal tombs NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainTerritory	Lower Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Upper Egypt ⓘ
hasMilitaryCondition	limited imperial power outside Egypt ⓘ
hasSignificantPowerSharedWith	High Priests of Amun at Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTypeOfSuccession	hereditary monarchy ⓘ
knownFor	continuation of Amun cult dominance at Thebes ⓘ rich but poorly preserved royal burials at Tanis ⓘ
language	Demotic Egyptian NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Egyptian NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRuler	Amenemope NERFINISHED ⓘ Osorkon the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ Psusennes I NERFINISHED ⓘ Psusennes II NERFINISHED ⓘ Siamun NERFINISHED ⓘ Smendes I NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Third Intermediate Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
powerStructure	dual power between Tanite kings and Theban high priests ⓘ
precededByEvent	decline of New Kingdom Egypt ⓘ
religion	Ancient Egyptian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	c. 1077 BC ⓘ
usesCalendar	Ancient Egyptian civil calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesTitle	Pharaoh of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem	Egyptian hieroglyphs NERFINISHED ⓘ Hieratic script NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Third Intermediate Period of Egypt → hasPart → Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt → follows → Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

20th Dynasty of Egypt → followedBy → Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: 21st Dynasty of Egypt

Tanis → capitalDuringDynasty → Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: 21st Dynasty