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Shashenq I 𓆷𓆷𓈖𓈎 | |
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| Born | 10th century BCE Libya |
| Died | 922 BCE Egypt |
| Nationality | Berber |
| Political party | 22nd Dynasty |
Shashenq I (died 922 BCE) was a Libyan military chief who conquered northern Egypt in the mid-10th century BCE and founded the 22nd Dynasty with the support of native Egyptian nobles. His dynasty was weak and collapsed under his successors.[1]
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- ↑ Grigory Bongard-Levin, Boris Piotrovsky (1988). Ancient Civilisations of East and West. https://archive.org/details/ancientciveastwest/mode/1up.