Second Intermediate Period
Second Intermediate Period - Dates and Time Period
The time period covering the Second Intermediate
era is 1782 BC - 1570 BC.
Significant
Historical Events,
Achievements and People of Second Intermediate Period
The significant Events, Achievements
and People of Second Intermediate era are as follows:
-
Hyksos raiders a Semetic race from Asia
led by Amenemhat
III
gained power and moved into the Delta
and introduced the Egyptians to the chariot
-
Egypt was ruled by foreign
kings for almost a hundred years
-
These Asian
kings were called 'Heka-Khaswt' meaning "Rulers of the
Foreign Lands" which were eventually called the Hyksos
by the Greeks
-
A crocodile-god
was worshipped at this time
-
Egyptians were
treated with cruel hostility and treated as slaves
-
In 1550 BC and
Egyptian general called Amosis defeated the Hyksos and
founded the Eighteenth Dynasty bringing the era of the New
Kingdom to Egypt
-
The Seventeenth
Dynasty from Thebes finally defeated the Hyksos and reunited
Egypt.
Second Intermediate Period - The Dynasties
The names of the dynasties spanning
Second Intermediate era were:
The names of the Pharaohs who
ruled during these dynasties of Second Intermediate Period are detailed below.
Second Intermediate Period - The Pharaohs
The names give to the Pharaohs of
Second Intermediate era are as follows: List of the names of
the Pharaohs of the 14th - Fourteenth Egyptian Dynasty
- Nehesey (or Nehesi) the
name means 'Nubian'
Pharaohs of the
15th -
Fifteenth Egyptian Dynasty
- Salitis
- Sakir-Har
- Khyan c. 1620 BC
- Apepi I c. 1580 BC - 1540
BC
- Apepi II c. 1550 BC - 1540
BC
- Khamudi c. 1540 BC - 1534
BC
Pharaohs of the
16th -
Sixteenth Egyptian Dynasty
- Anat-her
- User-anat
- Semqen
- Zaket
- Wasa
- Qar
- Pepi III
- Bebankh
- Nebmaatre
- Nikare II
- Aahotepre
- Nubankhre
- Nubuserre
- Khauserre
- Khamure
- Jacob-Baal
- Yakbam/Sekkhaenre
- Amu
Pharaohs of the
17th -
Seventeenth Egyptian Dynasty
- Rahotep Sekhemrewahkhaw
- Sobekemsaf I
Sekhemreshedtawy
- Antef VI Sekhemrewepmaat
- Antef VII Nebkheperre
- Intef VIII
Sekhemreherhermaat
- Sobekemsaf II
Sekhemrewadjkhaw 1566 BC-1559 BC
- Tao I the Elder Senakhtenre
1559 BC-1558 BC
- Tao II the Brave Seqenenre
1558 BC-1554 BC
- Kamose 1554 BC-1549 BC
Second Intermediate Period
The time span of Ancient Egypt history, which includes the period of Second Intermediate Period, stretches over 3000 years and
encompasses hundreds of Pharaohs. Because of this massive time span and timeline
Egyptologists have divided the different historical times into Periods,
Kingdoms and Dynasties:
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Definition of Kingdoms
- Politically organized communities with a monarchical form
of government headed by a King, Queen or Pharaoh
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Definition of Dynasties
- Egyptian dynasties were families which retained
political power across generations
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Definition of Periods
- A distinct evolutionary or developmental phase in Egypt,
such as the period of Second Intermediate Period
-
Definition of
Intermediate Periods - The time between the end of an old
period or Kingdom to the start of a new period or Kingdom,
allowing for possible anomalies in dates
Timelines and Second Intermediate Period
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