Bayan mutuwar Ramses XI a 1078 BC, Smendes ya karɓi iko a kan arewacin Masar, yana mulki daga garin Tanis. Kudancin ya kasance yana da iko da Babban Firistocin Amun a Thebes, wanda ya yarda da Smendes kawai. A wannan lokacin, Libiyawa sun zauna a yammacin delta, kuma shugabannin waɗannan mazauna sun fara ƙara ikon kansu. 'Yan sarakunan Libiya sun mallaki yankin Delta a ƙarƙashin Shoshenq I a 945 BC, suna kafa abin da ake kira daular Libyan ko Bubastite wanda zai yi mulki na kimanin shekaru 200. Shoshenq ya kuma mallaki kudancin Masar ta hanyar sanya danginsa a cikin manyan mukamai na firist.
700 kafin haihuwar Yesu