The struggle of the Mudharites to expel the Hyksos
The Hyksos were Asian shepherd tribes who lived on pasture in the desert of the Levant, Jordan, and the north of the peninsula. The Egyptians called them “Amo,” meaning Asian nomads, and “Shasu,” meaning pastoral nomads. The name Hyksos is derived from the ancient Egyptian word “Haqqa Khasut,” meaning rulers of high/foreign lands. The Hyksos tribes took refuge in Egypt to escape from the drought and drought in their country. They entered Egypt with their families and tribes in large numbers estimated at about a quarter of a million individuals (they included tribes and groups of the Edomites, Moabites, Amorites, Canaanites, and Hebrews) The name of the Hyksos came from the two Egyptian words (Haqqa - Khasut), meaning the rulers of the shepherds, and these people flocked to Egypt and it opened its gates to them. Therefore, the Hyksos were not invaders as much as they were refugees first... After the Egyptians allowed them to enter, their numbers began to grow in intensity, and they settled and spread in the east and north of the Delta. They had a center/capital in Awaris (Tel al-Dabaa/Faqus/Qantir, 40 km from Zagazig in the Sharkia Governorate) during the 12th-13th Dynasties, and they continued in Egypt until the 17th Dynasty. The Hyksos formed societies parallel to the original Egyptians. They wore Egyptian clothes, sanctified Egyptian deities, and imitated them in their lives and customs. After the Egyptians received them with kindness and generosity, the Hyksos turned against the Egyptians, subjected them to mistreatment, and seized their lands, property, and resources. The Hyksos gradually expanded until they dominated and became an authoritarian force controlling the cities and villages in all of northern Egypt. With the decline of the power of the central authority, the Hyksos became the rulers of northern Egypt until Assiut. The Egyptians struggled to expel the Hyksos in many battles and wars in which many Egyptians were martyred under the leadership of King Seqenenre and his son, King Kamose, who were from a powerful family from Luxor in Upper Egypt - Upper Egypt. After fierce wars, the heroic king “Ahmose” was able to mobilize the Egyptian army, defeat the Hyksos, storm their capital, Avaris, destroy it, level it to the ground, and completely expel them from Egypt.Source: websites