Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt
| Dynasties of Pharaohs in Ancient Egypt |
| Protodynastic Period |
| Early Dynastic Period |
| 1st 2nd |
| Old Kingdom |
| 3rd 4th 5th 6th |
| First Intermediate Period |
| 7th 8th 9th 10th |
| 11th (Thebes only) |
| Middle Kingdom |
| 11th (All Egypt) |
| 12th 13th 14th |
| Second Intermediate Period |
| 15th 16th 17th |
| New Kingdom |
| 18th 19th 20th |
| Third Intermediate Period |
| 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th |
| Late Period |
| 26th 27th 28th |
| 29th 30th 31st |
| Graeco-Roman Period |
| Ptolemaic Roman Empire |
After the reign of Ramases III, a long, slow decline of power in Egypt followed. The Pharoes of the 21st dynasty of Egypt ruled from Tanais and were only active in the north. This dynasty was described as 'Tanite'. The list of kings are as follows:
- Smendes I (1069 BC - 1043 BC),
- Amenemnisu (1043 BC - 1039 BC),
- Psusennes I (1039 BC - 991 BC),
- Amenemope (993 BC - 984 BC),
- Osorkon the Elder (984 BC) - 978 BC),
- Siamun (978 BC- 959 BC),
- Psusennes II (959 BC- 945 BC).