Mushure mekufa kwaRamesses XI muna 1078 BC, Smendes akatora masimba pamusoro pechikamu chekuchamhembe kweEjipitori, achitonga kubva kuguta reTanis. Maodzanyemba aidzorwa neVapristi Vakuru veAmun paThebes, avo vakaziva Smendes muzita chete. Munguva iyi, maLibhiya aive achigara kumadokero kwedelta, uye machinda evagari ava akatanga kuwedzera kuzvitonga kwavo. Machinda eLibhiya akatora masimba edelta pasi paShoshenq I muna 945 BC, achitanga chinonzi Libyan or Bubastite dzinza raizotonga kwemakore angangoita mazana maviri. Shoshenq akawanawo masimba kumaodzanyemba kweEjipitori nekuisa nhengo dzemhuri yake munzvimbo dzakakosha dzevapristi.
ChiLibya kana kuti Bubastite