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]

Rulers

Known rulers of the Seventeenth Dynasty are as follows:[1]

Dynasty XVII pharaohs
Pharaoh Horus-name Reign (BCE) Burial Consort(s)
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
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.

References

  1. ^ 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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