Chapter 23: The Hyksos Seize Egypt Flashcards
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Apepi I
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The fifth Hyksos king, he probably ruled around 1630.
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Avaris
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The city were the Fifteenth Dynasty had its headquarters. It was located in the desert just east of the Delta. Avaris means something like “Desert Mansion.”
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Hyksos/Hikau-khoswet
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This race is what Sheshi and his followers belonged to. It means “Desert Princes.”
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Queen Sobeknefru
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She was the wife to Amenemhet IV. After he died she took the throne.
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Sequenere
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The Seventeenth Dynasty king who occupied the Theban palace. His son took the throne in Thebes, and avenged his father’s death.
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Sheshi
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The first Fifteenth Dynasty king. He used to belong to the Hyksos.
