Ramesses iii biography of donald

Ramses III

(heqaiunu)

Usermaatre Meryamun 

1182-1151 BC

Ramses III was the last of the great pharaohs on the throne of Egypt.

Ramses iii family tree

He ruled at a time when the outside world of the Mediterranean was in turmoil - it saw the Trojan War, the fall of Mycenae and a great surge of displaced people seeking new homes, a tidal wave that was to break upon the shores of Egypt during his reign.

Ramses III Statue

The first four years of Ramesses' reign seem to have been quiet ones.

He no doubt sought to consolidate his position and continued his father Setnakhte's efforts to stabilize the country. There were no problems in the south, in Nubia, since that had now more or less achieved the status of a subdued colony.

The first sign of trouble came in Year 5 with an attack from the west. The Libyans, coupled with two other tribes, the Meshwesh and the Seped, endeavoured to force their way out of their deserts into the fertile lands of the western Delta.