NMC101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: El Dabaa, Hyksos, Seqenenre Tao
23 Jun 2016
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Dynasty 13 continues to rule from itji tawy at first. Fled to the south later in the dynasty new set of rulers forms an independent kingdom. Foreigners, the so called hyksos kings origin is still somewhat disputed but the best guess is that they were amorites, from western asia. Archaeological evidence shows that their take over of power was a gradual one, rather than a military invasion. The hyksos capital at avaris (modern tell el daba"a. ) was basically a trading emporium for their commercial ventures. Baghdad hittite bogazk y carthage spain onset of settlement at avaris coincided with the increased number of asiatics that can be shown to have lived in egypt at the beginning of the hyksos period. Hyksos officially claim all of egypt + regions in palestine allow dependent kinglets south of aswan: independent nubian principality. Dynasty 17 amily in thebes, effectively ruling the south, that eventually decides to rise up against the hyksos ruler.
