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The Second Intermediate Period
(1786-1567BC) :
The Thirteenth and
Fourteenth Dynasties were powerless to put down the Hyskos, tribal
warlords with foreign support who 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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