Hyksos
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Hyksos is the common term for a Canaanite élite that ruled Lower Egypt in the Second Intermediate Period.
The term derives from Manetho, who in turn adapted the Hellenised term from the Egyptian ḥq3 ḫ3s.wt - "ruler(s) of foreign lands".
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Bibliography
- Bietak, Manfred [2006], “The Predecessors of the Hyksos”, in Gitin, S., Wright, J.E. and Dessel, J.P. (eds), Confronting the Past—Archaeological and Historical Essays on Ancient Israel in Honor of William G. Dever, Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2006, pp.285-293. ISBN 1575061171
- Redford, Donald B., [1970], "The Hyksos Invasion in History and Tradition", Orientalia NS 39 (1970), pp.1-51.
