Meshwesh

The Mešweš ( Meshwesh ) was a Libyan tribe which was known since the 19th Dynasty in Egypt.

History

For one, the trunk is occupied by a supply of fat Meshwesh the Bulls after Malqata under Amenhotep III. been known to the Altägyptern as ranchers. Secondly, it was to them as an Egyptian foreign nation that invaded regularly in the west of the kingdom in the Nile valley, and so became a serious danger. Here they first emerged under Ramses II in appearance, such as the Stele of Marsa Matruh occupied.

Finally Merneptah fought in the fifth year of his reign against the allied tribes of Libyans who competed under her prince Meri with the participation of the Sea Peoples, and defeated them at the Battle of Sais.

However, the fighting flared up under Ramses III. again, but the far-sighted policy of this pharaoh moved the people after the conflict concluded in Egypt and used their men as soldiers and workers for Egyptian purposes. In addition, the " chiefs " to high priests of local temples were and it formed a small principality, BC Sheshonk I emerged from the 945 as the first Libyan king of Egypt.