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Second Intermediate Period - Part I |
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The Second Intermediate Period is a period of disarray between the end of the Middle Kingdom, and the start of the New Kingdom. It is best known as when the Hyksos made their appearance in Egypt, whose reign comprised the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Dynasties.
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was unable to hold onto the long land of Egypt, The provincial ruling
family in Xois, located in the marshes of the western Delta, broke away
from the central authority to form the Fourteenth Dynasty.
The Hyksos made their first appearance during the reign of Sobekhotep
IV, and around 1720 BC took control of the town of Avaris (the modern
Tell ed-Dab'a/Khata'na)The Hyksos, led by Salitis, the founder of the
Fifteenth Dynasty, overran Egypt during the reign of Dudimose I.
Around the time Memphis fell to the Hyksos, the native Egyptian ruling
house in Thebes declared its independence and set itself up as the
Seventeenth Dynasty. This dynasty eventually drove the Hyksos back into
Asia
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Thirteenth Dynasty
The Thirteenth Dynasty (following the Turin King List) ruled from 1803
to around 1649 BC and lasted 153 or 154 Yrs according to Manetho. This
table should be contrasted with Known kings of the 13th Dynasty
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