Visual Timeline: Third Intermediate Period of Egypt

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1077 BCE - 1047 BCE: Founding of the city of Tanis.
 
1069 BCE - 525 BCE: Third Intermediate Period in Egypt.
 
 
1069 BCE - 943 BCE: 21st Dynasty of Egypt.
 
 
943 BCE - 837 BCE: 22nd Dynasty of Egypt.
 
943 BCE - 922 BCE: Reign of Shoshenq I in Egypt.
 
 
837 BCE - 747 BCE: 23rd and 24th Dynasties of Egypt.
 
750 BCE: King Kashta of the Kingdom of Kush takes Egypt.
 
 
747 BCE - 665 BCE: 25th Dynasty of Egypt under Nubians of Kush.
 
 
747 BCE - 721 BCE: King Piye of Kush conquers Egypt.
 
 
721 BCE - 707 BCE: King Shabaka of Kush extends control over Egypt.
 
707 BCE - 690 BCE: King Shebitku of Kush rules Egypt.
 
671 BCE - 670 BCE: Assyrian invasion of Egypt under Esarhaddon.
 
666 BCE: Assyrian invasion of Egypt under Ashurbanipal.
 
 
665 BCE - 525 BCE: 26th Dynasty of Egypt.
 
 
665 BCE - 610 BCE: Reign of Psammetichus I (Psamtik I) in Egypt who frees country from Assyrians.
 
610 BCE - 595 BCE: Reign of Necho II in Egypt.
 
595 BCE - 589 BCE: Reign of Psammetichus II (Psamtik II) in Egypt.
 
589 BCE - 570 BCE: Reign of Apries in Egypt.
 
570 BCE - 526 BCE: Reign of Amassis (Ahmose II) in Egypt.
 
526 BCE - 525 BCE: Reign of Psamtik (Psammetichus) III in Egypt, ending with the Persian invasion.
 
 
525 BCE: Persian invasion of Egypt.
 
 
525 BCE: Third Intermediate Period ends with Persian Invasion under Cambyses II.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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