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Expulsion of the Hyksos

1550 BCE – 1520 BCE

Ahmose I expelled the Hyksos foreign rulers from the Nile Delta, reunifying Egypt and founding the Eighteenth Dynasty — beginning the New Kingdom, Egypt's most powerful era.

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Conflict · Middle East

Expulsion of the Hyksos

1550 BCE – 1520 BCE

Ahmose I expelled the Hyksos foreign rulers from the Nile Delta, reunifying Egypt and founding the Eighteenth Dynasty — beginning the New Kingdom, Egypt's most powerful era.

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Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Elam Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 700 BCE Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Giant's Causeway Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

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