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  Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Fifteenth Dynasty.
The Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Second Intermediate Period.
The Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt was the first Hyksos Dynasty, ruling from Avaris, without control of the entire land.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fifteenth_dynasty_of_Egypt   (359 words)

  
 Egypt State Information Service - Rulers of Egypt
Because the king came to power in Egypt as an infant, Queen Merenith was appointed as his political advisor, which essentially meant that she ruled Egypt until he was capable for the rule by himself.
Zanakht 2650-2630 B.C. Zanakht was the founder of the 3rd Dynasty, and was the older brother of King Djoser.
Dynasties from 7-10 are considered ages of feudality and the route to wane, which led to social and economic deterioration later then followed by a social revolution.
www.sis.gov.eg /En/History/ruler/080900000000000018.htm   (11065 words)

  
 Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
During the 22nd through 26th dynasties, the cities of Athribis and Heliopolis were under the control of a hereditary princedom, nominally subservient to the Pharaohs.
Egypt was an Augustan province so the governors were appointed directly by the Emperor rather than by the traditional Senatorial lottery.
Because of the importance of Egypt as the Empire's breadbasket, by law the governor of Egypt could not be of the Senatorial class (it was feared that consolidating too much power in a Senator invited revolt).
www.hostkingdom.net /egypt.html   (2776 words)

  
 Egypt - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Though Egypt is one of the earliest countries in recorded history, and as regards its continuous civilization, yet it is a late country in its geological history and in its occupation by a settled population.
In the XXth Dynasty one of the royal daughters married the high priest of Amen at Thebes; and on the unexpected death of the young Rameses V, the throne reverted to his uncle Rameses VI, whose daughter then became the heiress, and her descendants, the high priests of Amen, became the rightful rulers.
The army was in 4 brigades, that of Ptah of Memphis, central Egypt; that of Amen of Thebes, Southern Egypt and Ethiopia; that of Set of the eastern frontier (Sukkim); and that of Ra, Heliopolis and the Delta.
www.studylight.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T2903   (10093 words)

  
 Ancient Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Egypt also developed one of the first religions to have a concept of the afterlife.
Early Egypt was a theocracy where the rulers, or pharaohs, had absolute power and were thought to be gods.
The last ruler of the 2nd Dynasty, Khasekhemwy, was responsible for the construction of the last royal tomb of this period there.
www.arab-world-information.com /ancient_egypt.htm   (8845 words)

  
 Egypt: History - Second Internediate Period (13th to 17th Dynasties)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Remembering the contention that in Egypt prolonged length of reign is a sure indication of the country's prosperity, we can now maintain the converse and argue that during the period which in the Turin Canon corresponds to Manetho's Dyns.
It is possibly significant that nearly half of the kings of column 6 have left monuments or fragments in Upper Egypt.
He had his seat at Memphis, levying tribute from Upper and Lower Egypt, and always leaving garrisons behind in the most advantageous places....In the Sethroite nome he found a city very favorably situated on the east of the Bubastic branch of the Nile, and called Avaris after an ancient religious tradition.
www.touregypt.net /hsecin1a.htm   (3768 words)

  
 USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts
When Prophet Joseph went to Egypt, he was only a lad of seventeen years, a foreigner, all alone and without any provisions; nay, he had been sold there as a slave.
At that time Fifteenth Dynasty ruled over Egypt, whose rulers are known in history as the Hyksos kings.
We also learn from the history of Egypt that the "Hyksos kings" did not acknowledge the gods of Egypt and, therefore, had imported their own gods from Syria, with a view to spreading their own religion in Egypt.
www.usc.edu /dept/MSA/quran/maududi/mau12.html   (1920 words)

  
 EXPLORE/LEARN » GLOSSARY | EGYPT AT THE FRIST • NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
In the early Eighteenth Dynasty the position was associated with the royal house, and the holder of the title appointed her own successor.
The Fifteenth Dynasty is often referred to as the Hyksos Dynasty.
The famous expedition sent to Punt by Hatshepsut is illustrated on the walls of her temple at Deir el-Bahari.
www.egyptatthefrist.org /explore-learn/glossary.php   (2595 words)

  
 Ebla Forum: View topic - Introduction to Archaeology II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In the Epipalaeolithic, the Sebilian culture in Egypt is the witness to this transition--they seem to have got the basics of animal domestication, and have become semisedentary, that is, they are no longer permanent nomads like other hunter gatherers (because they are fortunate enough to live in the rich valley of the Nile).
Egypt's first dynasty, Sumer's early dynastic period, and Akkadian civilisation are all in the ascent at this point.
The Fifteenth Dynasty is established by a West Semitic people known as the Hyksos, who reign from the 17th to 16th centuries BCE.
eblaforum.org /main/viewtopic.php?t=27   (4339 words)

  
 The Quest for Immortality
Theban early rulers contemporary with the Fifteenth Dynasty
Chronology of Ancient Egypt adapted from Ian Shaw, ed., The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), 480-83.
"The Quest for Immortaility - Treasures of Ancient Egypt" and Related Marks are Trademarks of United Exhibits Group.
www.daytonartinstitute.org /exhibits/egypt/lm_chonology.htm   (128 words)

  
 PRINCIPAL KINGS of EGYPT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
FIFTH DYNASTY (2465 - 2323 B.C.)See their cartouches
SIXTH DYNASTY (2323 - 2150 B.C.)See their cartouches
FIFTEENTH DYNASTY - Hyksos (1640 - 1532 B.C.)See their cartouches
personalwebs.myriad.net /steveb/egypt/kings.html   (132 words)

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