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Hittite Empire
The Denyen have been identified with the people of Adana, in Cilicia who existed in late
Hittite Empire times. They are also believed to have settled in Cyprus. A Hittite report[3]
speaks of a Muksus, who also appears in an eighth-century bilingual inscription from
Karatepe in Cilicia. The kings of Adana are traced from the "house of Mopsos," given in
hieroglyphic Luwian as Moxos and in Phoenician as Mopsos, in the form mps. They were
called the Dananiyim.[4] The area also reports a Mopsukrene (Mopsus' fountain in Greek)
and a Mopsuhestia (Mopsus' hearth in Greek), also in Cilicia.
Egyptian raids and settlement
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 Rameses III.[2] The 20th Egyptian Dynasty allowed them to settle in Canaan, which
was largely controlled by the Sea Peoples into the 11th century BC. [2] Mercenaries from the
Peleset manned the Egyptian garrison at Beth-shan,[2] and the Denyen shared the same
fashion[clarification needed] as them which some archeology suggests signifies a shared cemetery
there.[5]
Aegean Sea
These areas also show evidence of close ties with the Aegean as a result of the Late
Helladic IIIC 1b pottery found in these areas. Some scholars argue for a connection with
the Greek Danaoi ()alternate names for the Achaeans familiar from Homer.
Greek myth refers to Danaos who with his daughters came from Egypt and settled in
Argos. Through Dana's son, Perseus, the Danaans are said to have built Mycenae.
Tribe of Dan