event · evt_srsc1_egypt_new_kingdom_to_third_intermediate
Transition from the New Kingdom to Egypt's Third Intermediate Period
Egypt's centralized New Kingdom political order gave way to the differently organized Third Intermediate Period around the late eleventh century BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
Egypt's centralized New Kingdom political order gave way to the differently organized Third Intermediate Period around the late eleventh century BCE.The broad transition is secure, while exact regnal synchronisms are debated.
Inspect the sources →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.
1070 BCE–1050 BCE
Precision: range
Chronology model: release preferred synthesis
highPreferred display range synthesized from the cited source roles. It preserves a range and does not imply every component occurred continuously or synchronously.
- contextualizes · dates and contextualizes
The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC) — Kenneth A. Kitchen (1996)Provides the broad political transition.
Locator: Introduction and early Third Intermediate chronology - contextualizes · contextualizes
After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations — Eric H. Cline (2024)Provides reader-oriented comparative synthesis.
Locator: Egypt and survival chapters
Interpretation and caveats
The event is included as a major wider-world political transformation. No direct causal or informational relationship to the Caucasus is asserted.
Event context
Classification
Event type: political transition
Evidence layer: historical
Timeline role: general world context
People and places
Locations: Egypt
Why it matters to the timeline
The transition helps readers orient the wider eastern Mediterranean and Near Eastern timeline after the twelfth-century crisis; it is not presented as connected to the core region.
Research notes
- Provides the broad political transition. Role: dates and contextualizes. Locator: Introduction and early Third Intermediate chronology.
- Provides reader-oriented comparative synthesis. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Egypt and survival chapters.
Evidence and sources
- contextualizes · dates and contextualizes
The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC) — Kenneth A. Kitchen (1996)Provides the broad political transition.
Locator: Introduction and early Third Intermediate chronology - contextualizes · contextualizes
After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations — Eric H. Cline (2024)Provides reader-oriented comparative synthesis.
Locator: Egypt and survival chapters
Referenced records
- Egypt · entity