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Known rulers, in the History Of Egypt , for the Twentieth Dynasty. The Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, New Kingdom . The Twentieth Dynasty was founded by Setnakhte , but its only important member was Ramesses III , who modelled his career after Ramesses II the Great. This dynasty is notable for the beginning of the systematic robbing of the Royal Tombs. Many surviving administrative documents from this period are records of investigations and punishment for these crimes, especially in the reigns of Ramesses IX and Ramesses XI . Like the Nineteenth Dynasty , this dynasty struggled under the effects of the bickering between the heirs of Ramesses III, whom Diodorus Siculus described as "confirmed sluggards devoted only to indulgence and luxury," without "any deed worthy of historical note." However, at this time Egypt was increasingly beset by a series of droughts, below-normal flooding levels of the Nile , famine, civil unrest and official corruption – all of which would limit the managerial abilities of any king. The power of the last king, Ramesses XI , grew so weak that in the south the High Priests Of Amun At Thebes became the effective defacto rulers of Upper Egypt , while Smendes controlled Lower Egypt even before Ramesses XI's death. Smendes would found the Twenty-first Dynasty at Tanis . This dynasty is considered the last one of the New Kingdom Of Egypt , and is followed by the Third Intermediate Period . TWENTIETH DYNASTY TIMELINE ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:12 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:30 right:130 left:20 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:-1186 till:-1050 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:50 start:-1186 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:5 start:-1186 Colors = id:canvas value:rgb(0.97,0.97,0.97) id:PA value:green id:GP value:red id:eon value:rgb(1,0.7,1) # light purple Backgroundcolors = canvas:canvas BarData = barset:Rulers PlotData= width:5 align:left fontsize:S shift:(5,-4) anchor:till barset:Rulers from: -1186 till: -1183 color:PA text:" Setnakhte ( 1186 BC – 1183 BC )" from: -1183 till: -1152 color:PA text:" Ramesses III ( 1183 BC – 1152 BC )" from: -1152 till: -1146 color:PA text:" Ramesses IV ( 1152 BC – 1146 BC )" from: -1146 till: -1142 color:PA text:" Ramesses V ( 1146 BC – 1142 BC )" from: -1142 till: -1134 color:PA text:" Ramesses VI ( 1142 BC – 1134 BC )" from: -1134 till: -1126 color:PA text:" Ramesses VII ( 1134 BC – 1126 BC )" from: -1126 till: -1124 color:PA text:" Ramesses VIII ( 1126 BC – 1124 BC )" from: -1124 till: -1106 color:PA text:" Ramesses IX ( 1124 BC – 1106 BC )" from: -1106 till: -1102 color:PA text:" Ramesses X ( 1106 BC – 1102 BC )" from: -1102 till: -1069 color:PA text:" Ramesses XI ( 1102 BC – 1069 BC )" barset:skip SEE ALSO |