Psusennes III (also known as Pasebakhaennuit III) was the High Priest of Amun (1080 - 945 BC) at the end of the Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt. Little is known of this individual; he is almost certainly the same person as kingPsusennes II. His name appears on a document found at DB320 which describes him as a son of the High Priest Pinedjem II. Amun was name of a major Egyptian deity, meaning the hidden one (alternative spellings Amon and Ammon). He was one of the Ogdoad and was married to Ipet. ... (Redirected from 1080 BC) Centuries: 12th century BC - 11th century BC - 10th century BC Decades: 1130s BC 1120s BC 1110s BC 1100s BC 1090s BC - 1080s BC - 1070s BC 1060s BC 1050s BC 1040s BC 1030s BC Events and Trends 1089 BC - Melanthus, legendary King of Athens dies after a... Centuries: 11th century BC - 10th century BC - 9th century BC Decades: 990s BC 980s BC 970s BC 960s BC 950s BC - 940s BC - 930s BC 920s BC 910s BC 900s BC 890s BC Events and Trends 947 BC - Death of Zhou mo wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. ... After the reign of Ramases III, a long, slow decline of power in Egypt followed. ... This article refers to the historical Pharaoh. ... nomen or birth name Psusennes II [Greek Ψουσέννης], or Hor-Pasebakhaenniut III [Egyptian ḥr-p3-sb3-ḫˁỉ-<n>-nỉwt], is the final king of the Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt. ...
Although no sources for the dates of his life and death remain, his work is usually associated with the reigns of Ptolemy I Soter (323-283 BCE) and Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BCE).
In contrast, he ignores the existence of Theban kings such as Osorkon III, Takelot III, Harsiese A and Pinedjem I and rulers from Middle Egypt like Peftjaubast of Herakleopolis.
This implies that Manetho derived the primary sources for his Epitome from a local city's temple library in the Delta Region which was under the control of the Tanite based Dynasty 21 and Dynasty 22 kings.
Ramses III succeeded to seat himself as pharaoh because at this time the influence of the Persians in Egypt was at a low level.
In essence then we can say that Ramses III tactics to deal with his emergency was different from that of previous kings in that the enemy could invade his land by the way of the desert or by sea.
The story is already told in the annals of Ramses III and how he fought the Peoples of the Sea, meaning those who often came by sea from the Greek islands and the city states of the coast of Asia Minor.
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