Tsakanin Matsakaici na uku na tsohuwar Masar, farawa da mutuwar Ramesses XI a cikin 1077 KZ, alama ce ta ƙarshen Sabuwar Mulki kuma ta riga ta ƙarshen zamani.Wannan zamanin yana da alaƙa da rarrabuwar kawuna na siyasa da raguwar martabar duniya.A lokacin daular ta 21, Masar ta ga rabuwar mulki.Smendes I, wanda ke mulki daga Tanis, ya mallaki Ƙasar Masar, yayin da Manyan Firistoci na Amun a Thebes suka yi tasiri sosai a Masar ta Tsakiya da ta Sama.^{[66 <]} > Duk da bayyanar, wannan rarrabuwar ba ta yi tsanani ba saboda alaƙar dangi tsakanin firistoci da fir'auna.Daular 22, wanda Shoshenq I ya kafa a kusa da 945 KZ, ya kawo kwanciyar hankali.Sai dai bayan mulkin Osorkon na biyu, kasar ta rabu yadda ya kamata, inda Shoshenq III ke rike da Masarautar Lower Egypt da Takelot II da kuma Osorkon na uku wanda ke mulkin Masar ta Tsakiya da Sama.Thebes ta fuskanci yakin basasa, wanda aka warware don goyon bayan Osorkon B, wanda ya kai ga kafa daular 23.Wannan lokacin an yi masa alama da ƙarin rarrabuwar kawuna da haɓakar jahohin birni.Masarautar Nubian ta yi amfani da rabon Masar.Daular ta 25, wadda Piye ta kafa a kusan shekara ta 732 KZ, ta ga sarakunan Nubian suna mika ikonsu akan Masar.An lura da wannan daular don ayyukan gine-gine da kuma sake gina haikali a cikin kwarin Nilu.^[67] Amma, karuwar tasirin Assuriya akan yankin yana barazana ga 'yancin kai na Masar.Mamayewar Assuriyawa tsakanin shekara ta 670 zuwa 663 KZ, saboda mahimmancin dabarun Masar da albarkatunta, musamman katako na narkewar ƙarfe, ya raunana ƙasar sosai.Fir'auna Taharqa da Tantamani sun fuskanci ci gaba da rikici da Assuriya, wanda ya kai ga korar Thebes da Memphis a shekara ta 664 KZ, wanda ke nuna ƙarshen mulkin Nubian a kan Masar.^[68]Tsakanin Tsakanin Tsakanin Na Uku ya ƙare da hawan daular 26 a ƙarƙashin Psamtik I a shekara ta 664 KZ, bayan janyewar Assuriya da cin nasarar Tantamani.Psamtik I ya haɗa Masar, yana kafa iko akan Thebes, kuma ya ƙaddamar da Late Period na tsohuwar Masar.Mulkinsa ya kawo kwanciyar hankali da 'yanci daga tasirin Assuriya, wanda ya kafa tushen abubuwan da suka faru a tarihin Masar.