Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt

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The Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt was a line of Theban rulers who helped drive out the Hyksos and paved the way for the reunification of Egypt and the rise of the New Kingdom.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian dynasty ⓘ
dynasty ⓘ
associatedWith Theban royal necropolis ⓘ
linked to: Theban Necropolis

rise of Ahmose I of the Eighteenth Dynasty ⓘ
capital Thebes ⓘ
chronologicalPosition penultimate dynasty of the Second Intermediate Period ⓘ
chronology late 16th century BC ⓘ
coexistedWith Hyksos Fifteenth Dynasty in Lower Egypt ⓘ
conflict wars of liberation against the Hyksos ⓘ
country Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culturalContinuityWith Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
dynasticSeat Thebes ⓘ
endTime c. 1550 BC ⓘ
era Second Intermediate Period ⓘ
followedBy New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
governmentType absolute monarchy ⓘ
knownFor Theban resistance to Hyksos rule ⓘ
paving the way for the New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
war against the Hyksos ⓘ
language Egyptian language ⓘ
locatedIn Upper Egypt ⓘ
mainBurialSite Dra Abu el-Naga ⓘ
militaryCampaignsLedBy Kamose ⓘ
Seqenenre Tao II ⓘ
linked to: Seqenenre Tao
notableRuler Intef IX ⓘ
Intef VII ⓘ
Intef VIII ⓘ
Kamose ⓘ
Senakhtenre Ahmose ⓘ
Seqenenre Tao ⓘ
Seqenenre Tao II ⓘ
linked to: Seqenenre Tao

Sobekemsaf I ⓘ
Sobekemsaf II ⓘ
opponent Hyksos Fifteenth Dynasty ⓘ
partOf Second Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
politicalCenter Thebes in Upper Egypt ⓘ
politicalStatus Theban kingdom ⓘ
predecessor Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
regionControlled Upper Egypt around Thebes ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
resultedIn reunification of Egypt under the Eighteenth Dynasty ⓘ
ruledFrom Thebes ⓘ
significance transition between Second Intermediate Period and New Kingdom ⓘ
startTime c. 1580 BC ⓘ
successor Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
usedRoyalTitle King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
usedWritingSystem hieratic script ⓘ
hieroglyphs ⓘ

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Second Intermediate Period of Egypt → hasPart → Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Hyksos → successor → Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Hyksos → overthrownBy → Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Seqenenre Tao → dynasty → Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Kamose → dynasty → Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt → followedBy → Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Ahhotep I → dynasty → Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Tao I → dynasty → Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Theban region → associatedWithDynasty → 17th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt
15th Dynasty of Egypt → coexistedWith → 17th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt
15th Dynasty of Egypt → conflictWith → 17th Dynasty of Thebes ⓘ
linked to: Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt
Sewadjkare XVII → dynasty → Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Sobekemsaf I → dynasty → Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Sobekemsaf I → category → Pharaohs of the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt