The Egyptian empire has shrunk since the …
Years: 1089BCE - 1078BCE
The Egyptian empire has shrunk since the time of Ramesses III and all ambitious royal building programs have failed.
The independence of officials has increasingly impeded government, as offices have become hereditary and corruption and inefficiency multiplies.
The New Kingdom ends in a civil war under Ramesses XI.
Egypt splits after 1085, between a northern Twenty-first dynasty claiming national recognition and a line of Theban generals supported by the high priests of Amun (the actual controllers of the south).
