Sheshonq Ier

Genealogy

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Reign

Under, the Mechouech (or My (chaouach) or Meshwesh), Berbères which had settled in the delta around Bubastis about the year -1000 and had gradually extended their territory until the Fayoum, held the armed force of the kingdom. Their chiefs become very powerful and the son of one of those, Sheshonq 1st, seizes the power with dead of his father-in-law Psousennès {{II}} of Tanis, asserts himself as Pharaon and founds who will occupy the capacity until worms -715.

Sheshonq 1st installs Nimlot {{Ier}}, one of its sons, as king of Hérakléopolis so that it controls for him the Average-Egypt. It is surrounded people being completely devoted to him, that it places at strategic stations, thus reinforcing the royal power. The reorganization of the territory is shared between the princes Libya NS; all the family members are placed of this fact at important stations and receive strongholds, but this policy will involve the crumbling of the delta as of the years -800.

Its reign brings also a certain revival in the construction of monuments. The goddess Bastet, with whom it king makes set up with Thèbes a new large temple, becomes, associated with the goddess Sekhmet, the Large national Goddess. The worship of the idols takes the step on the worship of Amon.

Sheshonq 1st takes again the expansion policy. It reconquers the Palestine, with its quotas made up of Egyptians, Libyens and Nubie NS, against the kingdoms of Israel and Juda. He pursues the Bedouins of the bitter lakes, seizes Gaza, takes and plunders Jerusalem (-925) (according to the Bible, to seize the treasure of the king Solomon).

This conquest is evoked in the Bible. It is one of the first historically proven biblical events: Sheshonq 1st made engrave its countryside on the walls of the temple of Amon to Thèbes (Karnak). It restores the commercial relations with Byblos. It leaves a stele with Megiddo and statues to Byblos. It would have given asylum to Jéroboam {{Ier}} (first king of Israel), constrained with the exile by the son of Solomon, Roboam (first king of Juda of -931 with -911). He marries Karoma {{Ire}} and Pentreshmès and he has four children, three boys: Osorkon {{Ier}} which succeeds to him, Ioupout that his/her father names Grand priest of Amon in Thèbes, general-in-chief of the armies and governor of the High-Egypt, Nimlot {{Ier}} which it names king of Hérakléopolis to control the Average-Egypt, and a girl Tashepenbastet that it Marie with the third Prophet of Amon with Thèbes.

The foundation of the east the starting point of the Berber calendar, of which the first day Yennayer is celebrated by the berbérophones in North Africa.

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