An Analysis of the Period from New Kingdom Egypt to the...

An Analysis of the Period from New Kingdom Egypt to the...

Ancient History– Historical Time Period:

New Kingdom Egypt to the Death of Thutmose IV



1. Internal Developments:

Impact of the Hyksos: political, economic, and technological

Political:

The second Intermediate Period was a time of great disunity in Egypt. There was no centralised rule with the country being broken up into independently administered regions. Hyksos sources are archaeological rather than written and are incomplete. Excavations at Tell el– Dab'a in the north–eastern Delta by Manfred Bietak (archaeologist), have identified this site as an ancient Avaris, the capital of a foreign people known as the Hyksos.

Who were the Hyksos? The name comes from the Greek version of the Egyptian hekau khasu, an epithet meaning 'rulers ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...Seqenenre Tao II, called, the Brave, was Pharaoh of the 17th Dynasty. Evidence reveals to the historian how Seqenenre Tao II began the first phase of the war of liberation. He couldn't bear to see Egypt in control by foreigners. He declared war against the Hyksos, however, it resulted in his tragic and gruesome death.

King Seqenenre Tao II's heir, Kamose said,

'...My wish is to save Egypt and to smite the Asiatics.'

Kamose knew it was time to fight. He wanted to become the next liberator of Egypt. Historians believe that Kamose and his army departed North into the Hyksos territory.

'When the next day dawned, I swooped down on him like a falcon...I had already defeated him...I demolished his defences and killed his men.'

Carnavaron Tablet and the Kamose Stela revealed Kamose's' death before reaching Avaris, while trying to expel the Hyksos. Ahmose declared war against the Hyksos but there is only one eyewitness account of this critical moment. Historians found it in the tomb of a soldier who fought in Ahmose's army against the Hyksos.

Ahmose returned victoriously to Thebes. The work of his father and brother had finally been completed. Historical evidence has proven that that point in Egyptian history was perceived as the re–birth of Egypt into a unified country, led by one pharaoh, Ahmose I. Egypt had finally conquered the Hyksos and Ahmose I was the hegemony of Thebes. Excavations at Tell el–Dab'a reveal abandonment of the Siege of Avaris, which reveals

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