Hyksos

(hik′sōs, -säs)

plural noun

foreign (prob. Semitic) kings of Egypt (c. 1700-c. 1550 ), traditionally considered to have formed the XVth & XVIth dynasties

Origin: Gr Hyksōs < Egypt Hiq shasu, chief of the nomadic tribes

See Hyksos in American Heritage Dictionary 4

plural noun

A Semitic people who invaded Egypt and ruled it during the 17th and 16th centuries B.C. They introduced the horse and chariot into Egypt.

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