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Hyksos
(Tarih) The Hyksos (Egyptian heqa khasewet, "foreign rulers"; Greek , , Arabic: , ) were an Asiatic people who invaded the eastern Nile Delta, initiating the Second Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt. They rose to power in the 17th century BC, (according to the traditional chronology) and ruled Lower and Middle Egypt for 108 years, forming the Fifteenth and possibly the Sixteenth Dynasties of Egypt, (c. 1648–1540 BC). This 108-year period follows the Turin Canon, which gives the six kings of the Hyksos 15th Dynasty a total reign length of 108 years
Hyksos
{i} Semitic people that conquered and ruled Egypt between the 13th and 18th centuries BC (they are the people who introduced the horse and chariot into Egypt)
Hyksos
Group of mixed Semitic-Asiatics who settled in northern Egypt in the 18th century BC. They seized power 1630 BC and ruled Egypt for 108 years thereafter. They were superficially Egyptianized and did not interfere with Egyptian culture. Their chief deity was Seth, whom they identified with an Asiatic storm god. The Hyksos introduced the horse and chariot, the compound bow, improved battle-axes, and advanced fortification techniques. Hyksos pharaohs tried to halt the spread of a Theban revolt, but their dynasty fell to Ahmose in 1521 BC
hyksos
The name given to the Asiatic rulers who became kings in Egypt in the late 17th century BCE and ruled for just over a century as the Fifteenth Dynasty (ca 1630-1523BCE) The word represents a Greek rendering of the Egyptian Heka Khaswt "Rulers of Foreign Lands"
hyksos
Derived from Egyptian for "rulers of foreign countries," these Semitic rulers of Egypt from 1750-1550 B C E were probably the people in control of Egypt during the sojourn of Joseph and Jacob's descendants See Chapter 3
hyksos
It is supposed that they were Asiatic Semites
hyksos
It is now considered that the XVIth is merely a double of the XVth dynasty, and that the total period of the six Hyksos kings was little more than 100 years
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A dynasty of Egyptian kings, often called the Shepherd kings, of foreign origin, who, according to the narrative of Manetho, ruled for about 500 years, forming the XVth and XVIth dynasties
hyksos
The Hega-khase, an asiatic people, founded a kingdom in Northern Egypt, 15th and 16th dynasties
hyksos
Greek word derived from Egyptian hekawet-hasut, which means “lords of the plains” They came from Asia and infiltrated Lower Egypt during the Middle Kingdom and ruled the country in the Second Intermediate Period
hyksos
from the Egyptian for "rulers of foreign lands " These Asiatic people slowly moved into the Delta in the Middle Kingdom, rising in prominence until they eventually ruled Egypt as the 15 dynasty in the 17th century BC, during what we call the Second Intermediate Period
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