The Relations Between Ancient Egypt And Libya (From The End Of Predynasty To The New Kingdom)

Libya is located on the west of Egypt. As a neighbor of Egypt, Libya had maintained a certain relationship with Egypt since the predynastic period. The Libyan Dynasties which was found by Libyans, ruled Egypt for more than two hundred years. This period had brought large impact on Egypt's politics, economy, culture and foreign communications. The analysis of the Libyan society, and the display of its relations with Egypt, not only helps us to understand the history of the relationship between Libya and Egypt, but also to learn more about the politics, economy, military and culture etc. during the Third Intermediate Period.To reveal the nature of the relationship between Egypt and Libya before new kingdom was the studying purpose and key problem of my thesis. As the western neighbor of Egypt, Libya maintained a certain relationship with Egypt since the predynastic times. Because of the difference between a nomadic nation and a sedentary society, the relations between these two areas were inevitably characterized with the color of peace and violence. Libyans did not establish a united country, but each Libyan tribe that developed in different periods had its own feature and economic, martial structure. Through long-time communications with Egypt and with its own development, Libya gradually became a noticeable strength in North Africa during the Late Bronze Age, namely the New Kingdom of Egypt. In fact, Libyans overthrew the Egyptian pharaohs' rule by the way of peaceful infiltration and led Egyptian history into Libyan After Osorkon II of 22nd Dynasty Egypt was no longer united and gradually fell apart in civil strife, Many local rulers became independent. The "23rd Dynasty" was not a real dynasty. It was used by different Egyptologists to refer to different groups of kings, and to express the phenomenon of disintegration of the state. This term was used here for numerous local kings of the late 9th and 8th centuries, not ruling from Tanis, whose rulers form the 22nd Dynasty, or from Sais, whose rulers form the 24th Dynasty. Seen from the website: http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/chronology/index.html.period, which developed another history of foreign reign. This thesis lists and analyzes the political, economical, military and cultural contacts between Egypt and Libya before the New Kingdom; all of this indicates that Libya infused fresh blood into the history of Egyptian civilization and played an important role as a bridge of transition.