Seventeenth Dynasty

Seventeenth Dynasty appeared during the Hyksos rule in Upper Egypt by Theban princes who start the war against the Hyksos rulers. The chronicler Manetho called that period the Seventeenth Dynasty.

The Seventeenth Dynasty at the end of the second intermediate period (1782–1570) and before the beginning of the new kingdom (1550–1070BC). It contained from 15 Theban kings including Tao I the first known king in the dynasty and his son Tao II who was the father of Kamose. All that three kings fight the Hyksos rulers tell the beginning of the dynasty 18.

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