When did the Hyksos take over Memphis?

Question

Hyksos, like Ancient Egyptian history.

Answer 1

The Hyksos were the 15th and possibly 16th Dynasty of Egypt. Their capital was in Memphis [couscous, not BBQ]. The dates of conquest/takeover are uncertain, possibly around 1650 B.C.

Answer 2

The Abydos Dynasty
c. 1650-1630 (1575) BC.



This dynasty is suggested by the Danish Egyptologist Kim Ryholt in his study of SIP from 1997.
When the Hyksos captured Memphis in the mid 1600s BC. and founded dynasty 15, the regions of Abydos and Thebes had their own (Abydos dynasty and 16). After 20 years records tell about clashes between Hyksos and Thebes indicating that the Abydos was conquered by the Hyksos just as Thebes later was, for a brief period. Marionette kings might still have been in office there when Thebes (now as the 17th dynasty) started the liberation war against the Hyksos in about 1575 BC. This would have given the 16 presumed rulers short reigns just like indicated in the Turin Canon below. Earlier works have usually ignored these kings, finding no proper place to put them, but three have left crude stelae in the Abydos area and their names point to a local connection.

Answer 3

"Hyksos Shepherd Kings

In the eastern Delta, which is the primary grazing land in Egypt, the number of Asiatic Bedouins and shepherds had been steadily increasing. By 1720 BC this pastoral people had taken control of Avaris and established it as the capital for what became the Fifteenth Dynasty of the Hyksos, the shepherd kings. Hyksos power spread gradually, and in 1674 BC they took over Memphis and ruled most of northern and central Egypt for about a century. Thebes and Nubia in the south had their own kings, and they all seemed to coexist.

Nevertheless in most of Egypt a major revolution had occurred which may have been helped by the more advanced instruments of war the Hyksos brought, such as horses and chariots, body armor, improved swords and daggers, and a much more powerful composite bow. Eventually these new weapons were assimilated by the Egyptians and turned back against their conquerors. Although the Hyksos takeover does not seem to have been a sudden invasion, it was a social revolution by often despised foreigners."

Answer 4

Is this a joke, or did the Hyksos really take over Memphis? Maybe they were looking for Elvis...