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Third Intermediate Period of Egypt

Era of divided rule by Libyan dynasties, Theban priest-kings and the Kushite conquest.

The Third Intermediate Period (Dynasties 21–25, c. 1069–664 BCE) ended when the Assyrian Empire under Ashurbanipal sacked Thebes (the 'No-Amun' of biblical record) in 664 BCE and expelled the Kushite 25th Dynasty, after which the Saite (26th) Dynasty reunified Egypt under Assyrian vassalage, inaugurating the Late Period.

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Further reading

• The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt Ian Shaw · 2000

  Covers the divided Third Intermediate Period (broad context).

• The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt Toby Wilkinson · 2010

  Comprehensive Egypt survey with substantial coverage of Predynastic/Naqada period; complements Shaw by same era, different author

• The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC) Kenneth Kitchen · 1973

  The definitive specialist monograph on this period; Kitchen's chronology is the standard reference for TIP Egypt

Sources

• Third Intermediate Period of Egypt — Wikipedia