Meaning Of The Word Hyksos

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Hyksos Meaning

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Hyksos in American English
foreign (prob. Semitic) kings of Egypt (c. 1700-c. 1550 b.c.), traditionally considered to have formed the XVth & XVIth dynasties
noun: 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

Hyksos in British English
noun: a member of a nomadic Asian people, probably Semites, who controlled Egypt from 1720 bc until 1560 bc

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