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The 'Libu' (, '''R'bw''' or 'Ribou' or 'Labu') were a tribe of ancient Libyans first attested in ancient Egyptian texts from the New Kingdom, especially from the Ramesside Period. In the Great Karnak Inscription Merneptah describes how hostilities between Egypt and Libia broke out and how the Libyans were defeated ^[1]. Ramses III defeated the Libyans in the 5th year of his reign, but six years later the Libyans joined the Meshwesh and invaded the western Delta and were defeated again. ^[2].
The name of this tribe was adopted by the Greeks for "Libya" and its inhabitants, as well as for north Africa in general. The historian Herodotus like other writers would apply this name to the whole continent of Africa.
Libu is also a common name used in India like Libu Abraham.

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1. J. H. Breasted, ''Ancient Records of Egypt'', Part Three, Chicago 1906, §§572ff.
2. J. H. Breasted, ''Ancient Records of Egypt'', Part Four, Chicago 1906, §§83ff.

See also

★ Ancient Libya

★ Ancient Egypt

★ Meshwesh

★ Phut