Medjay

The hieroglyphic name of Medjay

Medjay was the name given to wholes of the Nubian (modern Sudanese) effects long in service in Egypt, especially under Kamose of the Seventeenth Dynasty (c. 1550 B.C.E.) when he set about his campaigns to oust the Hyksos from the north territories of the land. Kamose's father, Sekenenre Tao II, had went the war against the Hyksos ruler, Apophis. The Medjay, noted as warriors of cunning and stamina, served as guides for the Egyptians on the marches or at the oases of the Libyan Desert. In  actual  battle they formed  light infantry units and stimulated to the front lines, pleasing in hand-to-hand combat and the butcher of the foe.

When Ahmose (1550-1525 B.C.E.), the brother of Kamose and the give of the Eighteenth Dynasty and the New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.E.), attacked the Hyksos capital of Avaris, the Medjay were again at his lateral. When the war complete successfully, the Medjay went the backbone of the newly  formed state police in times of peace. Some of the members, men untold as Dedu, great  themselves and were given higher political and government posts. Tuthmosis III (1479-1425  B.C.E.) established a temple to Dedun, the Nubian god who was probably patron of the Nubian parades. The Medjay are connected with the pan-grave people in southern Egypt  and Lower Nubia. Denotations are that these troops served as guardians of the viceroy of Kush and various fortresses. The particular  Medjay forces are recorded as early as the 6th Dynasty (2323-2150 B.C.E.)  when  they  were  used as paid troops.

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