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The
Second Intermediate Period (1786-1567BC)
The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Dynasties
were powerless to put
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seized control of the Delta, establishing the capital of Avaris and moving
south. Despite their alien origins (Hyskos means "Princes of Foreign
Lands") and foreign ties, the Hyskos assumed an Egyptian identity and
ruled as pharaohs. The Hyskos dominion was shaken by Thebes,
which established the Seventeenth Dynasty and, under Wadikheperre Kamose, laid
siege to Avaris. When his successor Ahmosis expelled the Hyskos from Egypt in
1567BC, the New Kingdom was born. |
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