Major conflict1720 BCE – 1650 BCE · 70 years

Hyksos Conquest of Egypt

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
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Avaris · Memphis · Eastern Delta

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Gradual takeover of Lower Egypt by Levantine Hyksos rulers, founding the 15th Dynasty at Avaris.

Belligerents2

Hyksos confederation
Middle Kingdom Egypt

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Hyksos Conquest of Egypt (1720 BCE – 1650 BCE). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/hyksos-conquest-of-egypt · Sources & methodology