Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt
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The Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Second Intermediate Period. The Seventeenth Dynasty dates approximately from 1580 to 1550 BC.[1]
[edit] Rulers
Known rulers of the Seventeenth Dynasty are as follows:[1]
| Pharaoh | Horus-name | Reign (BCE) | Burial | Consort(s) |
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| Rahotep | Sekhemre-wahkhaw | ca 1585 BC | ||
| Sobekemsaf I | Sekhemre-shedtawy | Robbed during the reign of Ramesses IX | Nubkhaes | |
| Intef | Sekhemre-wepmaat | Dra' Abu el-Naga'? | ||
| Intef | Nubkheperre | Dra' Abu el-Naga' | ||
| Sekhemre-Heruhirmaat Intef | Sekhemre-heruhermaat | Haankhes | ||
| Sobekemsaf II | Sekhemre-wadjkhaw | 7 years | Nubemhat | |
| Tao I | Senakhtenre | 1 year | Tetisheri | |
| Tao II | Seqenenre | c. 1560 4 years | Ahmose Inhapy Sitdjehuti Ahhotep I |
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| Kamose | Wadjkheperre | 1555 to 1550 BC 5 years | Ahhotep II? |
The Seventeenth Dynasty covers a period of time when Egypt was split into a set of small Hyksos-ruled kingdoms. It is mainly Theban rulers contemporary with the Fifteenth Dynasties and Sixteenth Dynasties.
The last two kings of the dynasty opposed the Hyksos rule over Egypt and initiated a war that would rid Egypt of the Hyksos kings and began a period of unified rule, the New Kingdom.
Kamose the second son of Seqenenre Tao II was the brother of Ahmose I, the first king of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Shaw, Ian, ed (2000). The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press. p. 481. ISBN 0-19-815034-2.
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