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thumb|right|200px|Shasu prisoner as depicted in Ramesses III's [[reliefs at Medinet Habu.]] The Shasu (, possibly pronounced šaswə) were Semitic-speaking pastoral nomads in the Southern Levant from the late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age or the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt. They were tent dwellers, organized in clans ruled by a tribal chieftain and were described as brigands active from the Jezreel Valley to Ashkelon, in the Transjordan and in the Sinai. Some of them also worked as mercenaries for Asiatic and Egyptian armies.

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Gli Shasu (dall'antico egizio Š3sw, probabilmente pronunciato Shaswe) erano popolazioni di pastori nomadi di lingua semitica del Levante. Le loro tracce durano dalla tarda età del bronzo alla prima età del ferro, o Terzo periodo intermedio dell'Egitto. Organizzati in clan dipendenti da un capo tribale, sono stati descritti come briganti attivi dalla Valle di Jezreel ad Ashkelon e al Sinai.

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