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Hyksos Conquest of Lower Egypt

1650 BCE – 1550 BCE · 100 years

West Asian Hyksos rulers seized Lower and Middle Egypt and ruled as the Fifteenth Dynasty from Avaris in the Nile Delta, until Theban kings drove them out and founded the New Kingdom.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Hyksos (Fifteenth Dynasty)
  • Native Egyptian dynasties

Key moments

Defining events in the Hyksos Conquest of Lower Egypt.

  1. Seizure of Avaris
  2. Wars with Thebes (Second Intermediate Period)

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Egypt

Attested 3000 BCE – 2026 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Nile River Trade

3000 BCE – 30 BCE

Conflict · Middle East

Kassite Conquest of Babylon

1595 BCE – 1155 BCE

Landmark · Middle East

Dead Sea

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Elam

Attested 3000 BCE – 700 BCE

Trade route · Middle East

Mesopotamian Trade Network

3000 BCE – 500 BCE

Conflict · Middle East

Expulsion of the Hyksos

1550 BCE – 1520 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1650 BCE and 1550 BCE.

1595 BCE Kassite Conquest of Babylon 1550 BCE Expulsion of the Hyksos 1600 BCE Mycenae 1600 BCE Hattusa 1550 BCE Mitanni–Hittite Rivalry

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Mycenae Landmark · Europe 1600 BCE – still standing Gandhara grave culture Polity · South Asia 1599 BCE – 499 BCE Hittite Old Kingdom Campaigns Conflict · Europe 1650 BCE – 1590 BCE Hattusa Landmark · Europe 1600 BCE – still standing Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Mitanni–Hittite Rivalry Conflict · Europe 1550 BCE – 1450 BCE
Image credits4 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Great Pyramid of GizaDouwe C. van der Zee · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of EgyptDerived from Part IV Article (223) of the Constitution of The Arab Republic of Egypt. Col… · Public domain
  • Dead Seaلا روسا · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Elam Map-enFile:Near East topographic map-blank.svg : Sémhur File:Elam-map-PL.svg : Wkotwica derivat… · CC BY-SA 3.0