Meshwesh Libyans

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ancient Libyan tribal group ethnic group tribal confederation

The Meshwesh Libyans were an ancient Libyan tribal group from western Egypt and Cyrenaica whose chieftains rose to power and founded the Libyan (Third Intermediate Period) dynasties in ancient Egypt.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Meshwesh Libyans canonical	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Libyan tribal group ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ tribal confederation ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty	Libyan dynasties of Egypt ⓘ Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictWith	New Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramesside pharaohs NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Libyan-Egyptian ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Cyrenaica NERFINISHED ⓘ Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ western Egypt ⓘ
ethnicReligion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ ancient Libyan religion ⓘ
ethnonymVariant	Ma ⓘ Meshwesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle	Great Chief of the Meshwesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableLeader	Nimlot NERFINISHED ⓘ Osorkon I NERFINISHED ⓘ Osorkon II NERFINISHED ⓘ Shoshenq I NERFINISHED ⓘ Takelot I NERFINISHED ⓘ Takelot II NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	political structure of Third Intermediate Period Egypt ⓘ
integratedInto	Egyptian military NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian nobility ⓘ
knownFrom	Egyptian inscriptions ⓘ reliefs at Medinet Habu ⓘ royal annals of Ramesses III NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed	Libyan language ⓘ
locatedInTheHistoricalRegion	Cyrenaica NERFINISHED ⓘ Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ western Nile Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringGroup	Libu NERFINISHED ⓘ Sea Peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Tjemehu NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	conflicts with New Kingdom Egypt ⓘ founding Libyan dynasties in Egypt ⓘ producing chieftains who became pharaohs of Egypt ⓘ
partOf	ancient Libyan peoples ⓘ western desert tribes of Egypt ⓘ
regionOfActivity	oases of western Egypt ⓘ western Nile Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorInEgypt	Libyan pharaohs of the Twenty-second Dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Late Bronze Age ⓘ Third Intermediate Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ early first millennium BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt → originGroup → Meshwesh Libyans ⓘ

Shoshenq I → associatedPeople → Meshwesh Libyans ⓘ

Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt → hasRulingHouseOrigin → Meshwesh Libyans ⓘ