Definition: The Hyksos are thought to have been foreign, probably semitic people who ruled Lower Egypt during the fifteenth and sixteenth dynasties (c. 1650-1550 B.C.) of the Second Intermediate Period. They may have brought the horse and chariot to Egypt.
The Hyksos capital was at Avaris (Tanis). The period of the Hyksos was a peaceful and prosperous one for Egypt.
The Egyptian historian Manetho (fl. 300 B.C.) and the first century Jewish historian Josephus wrote about the Hyksos.
The Hyksos capital was at Avaris (Tanis). The period of the Hyksos was a peaceful and prosperous one for Egypt.
The Egyptian historian Manetho (fl. 300 B.C.) and the first century Jewish historian Josephus wrote about the Hyksos.
