The Hyksos, who are possibly related to…

The Hyksos, who are possibly related to the Amorites, seem to be connected with the general migratory movements elsewhere in the Middle East at this time; they apparently destroy the Amorite rule in Byblos, then use their effective, spoke-wheeled war chariots to bring Egypt's Middle Kingdom to an end; perhaps peacefully, perhaps not.

“Hyksos,” probably an Egyptian term for “rulers of foreign lands,” almost certainly designates the foreign dynasts rather than a whole nation.

Little is known about the Hyksos' origin, but they seem to have been ethnically mixed, including a considerable Semitic element, since the Phoenician deities El, Baal, and Anath figure in their pantheon.

Although most of the Hyksos names seem to be Semitic, there may also be a Hurrian element among them.