History of Ancient Egypt: Dynasty XXI - The Start of the Third Intermediate Period (1069-945 BC)

The glorious era of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom, when Egypt was the envy of the world, went out with a whimper. What came afterward would be a seemingly tumultuous time in Egyptian history that was characterized by political fragmentation, cultural change, rampant corruption and eventually, foreign domination. Egyptologists call the four centuries of so after the New Kingdom era the Third Intermediate Period.
The Third Intermediate Period started with the rise of the 21st Dynasty of Egypt, a time in which both pharaohs and priests ruled the kingdom of the Nile in relative peace. This though was the calm before the storm that would eventually sweep in from the east and change the trajectory of Egyptian history forever.
Contents:
00:00 Introduction and Historical Context
02:09 What is the Third Intermediate Period
03:47 Smendes and the High Priests of Amun
11:01 The Report of Wenamum
13:18 Amenemnisu
13:45 Psusennes I: All the Glitters is not Gold
20:13 Amenemope
20:56 Osorkon the Elder
21:36 Siamun
22:33 Psusennes II
23:23 Thank You and Patrons
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Sources and Suggested Reading:
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt - Toby Wilkinson
A History of Ancient Egypt - Marc Van De Mieroop
The Archaeology of Egypt in the Third Intermediate Period - James E. Benne
Ancient Records of Egypt: The Twentieth Through the Twenty-Sixth Dynasties, Vol. 4 - James Henry Breasted
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt - Ian Shaw
Chronicle of the Pharaohs - Peter A. Clayton
The Libyan Anarchy: Inscriptions from Egypt's Third Intermediate Period
The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt, 1100-650 BC - Kenneth Kitchen
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt - Bill Manley
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Thanks everyone for watching this series and I'm so glad that so many of your are into this stuff, even these lesser known dynasties. I have a lot more on Egypt in general planned for the future, but anything specific you'd like for me to cover in a future video?

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Thanks bro, glad you're enjoying it! Don't know about best but it's definitely proving to be one of the longest running... I think I started this project about three years ago and still have a ways to go!

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Thanks and glad you're enjoying the series! Yes for the Egyptians it doesn't get much better overall... but with the Assyrians, Persians and Greeks entering into the story, it does becoming interesting and exciting. Still another 10 or so episodes to go, stay tuned and thanks for watching!

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Yup, I think there will be at least 7 more episodes in the series, give or take one or two depending on if I decide to combine or spread out these dynasties into single episodes. Yeah Pi-Ramesses was discovered relatively recently, initially I think in the 60s or 70s with new parts of it turning up in the last couple of decades or so. There's still a lot more to uncover like the tombs of some of these kings from Tanis. Thanks again for tuning in, really appreciate it!

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What would Egypt be like if it was still ruled over by Pharaohs today?

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[@AngryHistorian87]

If I may, I suggest a book that may help with researching the Third Intermediate Period. It is called Afterglow of Empire by Aidan Dodson.

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9:41 I didn't expect this video to make me angry. How is it possible that a statue like this has been graffitied? People are horrible, most of our kind out there have no respect for historical artifacts :/

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9:38 broke my heart to see how hooligans vandalised this monument

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I wish we could know how Oskoron the elder actually managed to get to the throne. I mean, we don't actually see the son of a country's worst enemy's leader become the king of that country without warfare, and I think if the Libyans actually invaded Egypt like the Hyksos that would've been recorded. Who knows what happened here... and given that Shoshenq I, the first king of the next dynasty, was this nephew, this means that his family regained the throne of Egypt after some time, which in turn raises some interesting questions.

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That fact that they were were using old masks and sarcophagus indicates that Egyptians had lost the ability to make them. This shows a massive tech and economic decline was going on.

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