WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After all, Egypt had had very little contact with outside people. The Hyksos invade Lower Egypt, with chariots, horses and bronze weapons. All of this changed when the Hyksos, most likely a multi-ethnic group from Western Asia, stormed through the Sinai Desert on swift war chariots.

Detailed explanation-2: -Popular lore suggests the Hyksos, a mysterious group of foreign invaders, conquered the Nile Delta around 1638 B.C. and remained in power until 1530 B.C. But written records of the dynasty are scarce, and modern archaeologists have found few material signs of the ancient military campaign.

Detailed explanation-3: -During the Middle Kingdom period, Osiris became the most important deity in popular religion. The Middle Kingdom was followed by the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt, another period of division that involved foreign rule of Lower Egypt by the Hyksos of West Asia.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Hyksos were foreign invaders who conquered most of Lower (northern) Egypt at the end of the Middle Kingdom period of Egyptian history. Although the Hyksos did reign over most of Egypt, as the Fifteenth Dynasty, they were never able to unite the whole Egyptian state.

Detailed explanation-5: -The foreign policy of the Middle Kingdom pharaohs appears to be based on military strength and expansion, as well as defense. Early in the Middle Kingdom, Egypt expanded its territory into the Nubian desert to its south, and in the mid-Middle Kingdom, Egypt’s rulers established defensive positions there.