event · evt_egyfull_end_new_kingdom_fragmentation
End of New Kingdom central rule and divided authority
Royal authority weakened while northern and Theban institutions, military leaders and temple networks exercised increasingly distinct power.
What is the evidence?
observation
Royal authority weakened while northern and Theban institutions, military leaders and temple networks exercised increasingly distinct power.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1100 BCE–1069 BCE
Precision: range
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- supports · provides historical synthesis
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt — Ian Shaw (editor) (2000)Supports political fragmentation.
Locator: End of New Kingdom and Dynasty 21 transition - informs · contextualizes continuity
Microhistory — Juan Carlos Moreno García (2018)Supports separation of political and social collapse.
Locator: Institutional and local resilience
Interpretation and caveats
The end of Dynasty 20 was a political and fiscal transformation, not disappearance of Egyptian settlement, population or culture.
Event context
Classification
Event type: political fragmentation and institutional transformation
Evidence layer: historical and archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Thebes, Tanis, Pi-Ramesses / Qantir
Why it matters to the timeline
Defines the New Kingdom transition without a total-collapse frame.
Research notes
- Supports political fragmentation. Role: provides historical synthesis. Locator: End of New Kingdom and Dynasty 21 transition.
- Supports separation of political and social collapse. Role: contextualizes continuity. Locator: Institutional and local resilience.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides historical synthesis
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt — Ian Shaw (editor) (2000)Supports political fragmentation.
Locator: End of New Kingdom and Dynasty 21 transition - informs · contextualizes continuity
Microhistory — Juan Carlos Moreno García (2018)Supports separation of political and social collapse.
Locator: Institutional and local resilience
Referenced records
- New Kingdom Egypt · entity
- Thebes · entity
- Pi-Ramesses / Qantir · entity
- Tanite Dynasty 21 kingship · entity
- Theban domain of Amun and high-priestly government · entity
- Ramesses XI · entity
- Tanis · entity