The Hyksos Invasion of Ancient Egypt: How a Foreign Dynasty Conquered and Ruled Ancient Egypt

During at the reign of King Seqenenre II, 1580 BC, Thebe reached such a level of political power and prestige , that a clash with the Hyksos was inevitable.

This is what prompted the Hyksos king (Apopi ) to make excuses to Seqenenre achieved some success in this conflict, but was killed in it (1575 BC).

At a battle he fought with the Hyksos, and it was noted that there were fatal wounds and injuries in his skull, after the killing of King Sekenenre in his wars against the Hyksos, and the Egyptian state of Upper Egypt was besieged. From the Hyksos in the north and from the Nubian kings in the south, and after the killing of King Kamose, then power passed to Ahmose I, who was only 10 years old.

His mother urged him to train to fight with the veterans, and when he reached the age of 19, some of his men picked up a message sent from the Hyksos king To the kings of Nubia, he He encourages them to Crawls me to Thebes, which led to Ahmose attacking the Hyksos and defeating them in several battles, and he also launched several external attacks on them in their original lands.

Ahmose’s military efforts were not limited to fighting the Hyksos, as he later turned to southern Egypt and led three major successive campaigns.