claim · claim_libyan_war_records_do_not_prove_mass_migration
Egyptian records of Libyan wars establish military coalitions and captured or settled people, but do not by themselves prove migration by entire peoples.
Egyptian records of Libyan wars establish military coalitions and captured or settled people, but do not by themselves prove migration by entire peoples.
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Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · supports
The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah: Grand Strategy in the 13th Century BC — Colleen Manassa (2003)Supports the coalition while exposing the source’s rhetorical form.
Locator: Great Karnak Inscription and genre discussion - supports · provides source criticism
Historical Records of Ramses III: The Texts in Medinet Habu, Volumes I and II — William F. Edgerton, John A. Wilson (1936)Provides the campaign texts and their royal context.
Locator: Medinet Habu Year 5 and Year 11 translations and notes - supports · proposes interpretation
Mercenaries or Refugees? The Evidence from the Inscriptions of Merenptah on the ‘Sea Peoples’ — Konstantinos Kopanias (2017)Provides alternatives to a simple refugee or mass-invasion reading for named groups.
Locator: pp. 119–134
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Referenced records
- Merneptah’s Year 5 Conflict with a Libyan-Led Coalition · event
- Ramesses III's Year 5 Libyan war · event
- Ramesses III's Year 11 Libyan war · event
- Libu · entity
- Meshwesh · entity