Ramesses III, in addition to defeating the…

Ramesses III, in addition to defeating the Sea Peoples in two great land and sea battles, is also compelled to fight invading Libyan tribesmen in two major campaigns in Egypt's Western Delta in his sixth year and eleventh year respectively.

The heavy cost of these battles slowly exhausts Egypt's treasury and contributes to the gradual decline of the Egyptian Empire in Asia.

The severity of these difficulties is stressed by the fact that the first known labor strike in recorded history occurs during the twenty-ninth year of Ramesses III's reign, when the food rations for Egypt's favored and elite royal tomb-builders and artisans in the village of Deir el Medina cannot be provisioned, indicating severe famine.