Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Bayan mutuwar Ramses XI a 1078 BC, Smendes ya karɓi iko a kan arewacin Masar, yana mulki daga garin Tanis. Babban Firistocin Amun a Thebes ne suka mallaki kudu, waɗanda suka san Smendes da suna kawai. A wannan lokacin, 'yan Libya sun zauna a yammacin delta, kuma shugabannin wadannan mazauna sun fara kara yawan ikon su. Sarakunan Libiya sun mallaki yankin a karkashin Shoshenq I a shekara ta 945 kafin haihuwar Yesu, suna kafa abin da ake kira daular Libiya ko Bubastite wanda zai yi mulki na kimanin shekaru 200. Shoshenq ya kuma sami iko bisa kudancin Masar ta wajen sanya 'yan iyalinsa a manyan mukamai na firistoci. Ikon Libya ya fara lalacewa yayin da daular kishiya a cikin delta ta tashi a Leontopolis, kuma Kushites sun yi barazana daga kudu. Kusan 727 BC Sarkin Kushite Piye ya mamaye arewa, ya kwace iko da Thebes kuma daga karshe Delta. Girman Masar ya ragu sosai a ƙarshen Lokacin Tsakanin Na Uku. Abokan kawancen ƙasashen waje sun faɗi ƙarƙashin tasirin tasirin Assuriya, kuma a shekara ta 700 kafin haihuwar Yesu, yaƙi tsakanin jihohin biyu ya zama ba makawa. Tsakanin 671 da 667 BC Assuriyawa sun fara kai hari kan Masar. Sarautar Taharqa da na wanda ya gaje shi, Tanutamun, sun cika da rikici na kullum da Assuriyawa, waɗanda Masar ta yi nasara da su sau da yawa. A ƙarshe, Assuriyawa suka tura Kushites zuwa Nubia, suka mallaki Memphis, suka lalatar da haikalin Thebes.  Tambaya: Yaushe ne yaƙin ya ɓarke a tsakaninsu?
700 kafin haihuwar Yesu