History of Ancient Egypt: Dynasties XXII & XXIII - Shoshenq I, the Canaanite Campaign and Civil War

In this episode we'll take a look at the short revival of Egypt's fortunes under the country's 22nd Dynasty, specifically during the reign of Shoshenq I (c. 945-925 BC). A rather mysterious ruler of Libyan descent, Shoshenq politically unified Egypt once again to create a strong, centralized state that brought back countrywide respect to the office of Pharaoh of Egypt. An extremely capable ruler, he's perhaps most famous outside of the world of archaeology for his military conquests in the land Canaan and, at least according to the Bible, the sack and plunder of Jerusalem.

A few decades after Shoshenq, Egypt once again became politically fragmented with a violent civil war occurring in Thebes. This lack of strong leadership may have made Egypt ripe for invasion from both the south and the east. We'll take a look at this and much more in the latest episode of Ancient Egypt, Dynasty by Dynasty.

Contents:

00:00 Introduction and Historical Context
04:28 Shoshenq I and the Conquest of Canaan
17:23 Osorkon I
19:09 Shoshenq II and Takelot II
20:21 Osorkon II and the Great Jubilee
22:05 The 23rd Dynasty and Civil War
24:44 Prince Osorkon III
25:50 Threats from Abroad
31:39 Thank You and Patrons

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Sources and Suggested Reading:

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt - Toby Wilkinson
A History of Ancient Egypt - Marc Van De Mieroop
The Archaeology of Egypt in the Third Intermediate Period - James E. Benne
Ancient Records of Egypt: The Twentieth Through the Twenty-Sixth Dynasties, Vol. 4 - James Henry Breasted
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt - Ian Shaw
Chronicle of the Pharaohs - Peter A. Clayton
The Libyan Anarchy: Inscriptions from Egypt's Third Intermediate Period - Robert K. Ritner
The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt, 1100-650 BC - Kenneth Kitchen
The Seventy Great Mysteries of Ancient Egypt - Edited by Bill Manley
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt - Bill Manley

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