Some scholars believe that the expansion of these people was halted by a plague, as evidenced by a preponderance of simple graves at the site of Tell el-Dab'a.
John Van Seters claimed that The Admonitions of Ipuwer actually described these people in a book about their "New Imagination." Some scholars believe that the expansion of these people was halted by a plague, as evidenced by a preponderance of simple graves at the site of Tell el-Dab'a. A rebellion against these people began when they insisted on the extermination of a noisy group of their vassals' (*) hippopotami. An important text on medicine was compiled during the reign of their king Apophis I, or Apepi. The expulsion of these peoples began with military actions taken by Seqenenre and Kamose. Ruling from Avaris, they are known for their worship of Seth and for using chariots in combat. For 10 points, name these "shepherd-kings," an Asiatic people who ruled over Egypt for most of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth dynasties.
John Van Seters claimed that The Admonitions of Ipuwer actually described these people in a book about their "New Imagination."
Hyksos