Denyen

They were raiders associated with the Eastern Mediterranean Dark Ages who attacked Egypt in 1207 BC in alliance with the Libyans and other Sea Peoples, as well as during the reign of Ramesses III.

[2] The Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt allowed them to settle in Canaan, which was largely controlled by the Sea Peoples into the 11th century BC.

[3] The earliest textual reference to Mycenaean Greece is in the Annals of Thutmosis III (c. 1479–1425 BC), which refers to messengers from the king of the Tanaju, c. 1437 BC, offering greeting gifts to the Egyptian king, in order to initiate diplomatic relations, when the latter campaigned in Syria.

[3] The Denyen have also been identified with the people of Adana in Cilicia, who existed in late Hittite Empire times.

It has also been suggested that the Denyen joined with Hebrews to form one of the original Twelve Tribes of Israel.

Denyen [ 1 ] prisoners on a register from a graphic wall relief on the Second Pylon at Medinet Habu , c. 1150 BC, during the reign of Ramesses III .
Map of Mycenaean cultural areas , 1400–1100 BC (unearthed sites in red dots).