Asian nomads called Hyksos invade Egypt around…

1773 BCE to 1630 BCE

Asian nomads called Hyksos invade Egypt around 1720 BCE, ending the Middle Kingdom.

Links with Kush are severed, and forts along the Nile are destroyed.

A culturally distinct indigenous kingdom emerges at Kerma, near present-day Dongola, to fill the vacuum left by the Egyptian withdrawal.

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Kerma > Dunqulah Ash-Shamaliyah Sudan View →

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Egyptians View → Kushitic Civilization View → Nubians View → Nubian culture, ancient View → Kerma, Kingdom of View → Egypt (Ancient), Middle Kingdom of View → Egypt (Ancient), Second Intermediate Period of View → Hyksos, Kingdom of View →

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Middle Bronze Age II B (Near and Middle East) View →

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Origins View → Conflict View → Government View →

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People: Yik'in Chan K'awiil
Location: Lydda > Lod Israel Israel
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