Visual Timeline: Hyksos

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1783 BCE: Avaris is built and set as capital of Hyksos.
 
 
1782 BCE - 1570 BCE: The Hyksos reign in Lower Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period.
 
1725 BCE: Invasion of the Hyksos.
 
 
1580 BCE: Conflict between the Hyksos at Avaris and Egyptians of Thebes breaks out; Theban king Ta'O killed in battle.
 
 
1570 BCE: Hyksos are driven from Egypt by Ahmose I who initiates the period of the New Kingdom.
 
 
1570 BCE: Ahmose I defeats and expels the Hyksos from Egypt and destroy their capital Avaris.
 
 
 
 
 
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