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Fifteenth Dynasty

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Fifteenth Dynasty

The Hyksos Dynasty

1650 to 1550 BC

Period	Seat of Power	Factions	Dating System
Second Intermediate	Avaris	Saite, Theban, Hyksos, various provincial	Franke, Ryholt

The Fifteenth Dynasty ran concurrent with the Fourteenth and Seventeenth Dynasties, and possibly some straggling elements of the Thirteenth Dynasty. A dynasty of foreign invaders from northern Syria, the Hyksos were strongest in Lower Egypt, having established their capitol in Avaris—the same as Ay I, the last pharaoh of the Thirteenth Dynasty to rule a united Egypt.

They ruled primarily from the delta region. The most important Hyksos rulers appear below. Due to the confusion of this period, all dates are approximate and may overlap.

Name of Ruler	Years of Reign	Capitol
Salitis	1630 to 1615 BC	Avaris
Sheshe	1615 to 1602 BC	Avaris
Yakubher	???	Avaris
Khyan	1621 to 1581 BC	Avaris
Ipepi (Apophis)	1574 to 1534 BC	Avaris
Khamudi	1541 to 1540 BC	Avaris