"== Do we know anything else about the Shasu? == 

 So far as I've heard, ""Shasu"" was a general term used by the Egyptians for the nomads of Sinai, Transjordan, and Palestine.  Do we know what language they spoke? (Was it a Canaanite language, like the later peoples of those areas?)  A connection with the Israelites (who spoke a Canaanite language) has been suggested; would that also suggest a connection with the Edomites, Moabites, Kenites, and Midianites, who were their cultural and linguistic relatives?  In short, how much data do we actually have on the Shasu?"