Hyksos

American  

[hik-sohs, -sos] / ˈhɪk soʊs, -sɒs /

noun

1. a nomadic people who conquered and ruled ancient Egypt between the 13th and 18th dynasties, c1700–1580 b.c.: believed to have been a Semitic people that originally migrated into Egypt from Asia.

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Hyksos British  

/ ˈhɪksɒs /

noun

1. a member of a nomadic Asian people, probably Semites, who controlled Egypt from 1720 _bc until 1560 _bc

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Etymology

Origin of Hyksos

1595–1605; < Greek Hyksṓs, perhaps < Egyptian ḥg ( ʾ ) ruler + h̬ʾst foreign land

Example Sentences

Occupying all of Lower Egypt, the Hyksos kingdom had access to Canaan and by extension to the rest of the Near East.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

What Egyptian pharaoh completed the task of driving the Hyksos from the Nile delta?

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Today they are more commonly called Hyksos, a Greek corruption of this Egyptian name.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Likewise, again thanks to the Hyksos, the New Kingdom was able to employ chariots in war for the first time.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

For example, in 1674 B.C., horses even enabled a foreign people, the Hyksos, to conquer then horseless Egypt and to establish themselves temporarily as pharaohs.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond