- SHEPHERD KINGS or HYKSOS
- a tribe of shepherds, alleged to have invaded Lower Egypt 2000 years before Christ, overthrown the reigning dynasty, and maintained their supremacy for 200 years.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
SHEPHERD KINGS or HYKSOS
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Shepherd kings — plural noun The Hyksos • • • Main Entry: ↑shepherd * * * Shepherd Kings, the Hyksos, a succession or dynasty of kings of Egypt. ╂[translation of Greek basileîs poiménes] … Useful english dictionary
Shepherd kings — Hyksos Hyk sos, n. [Gr. ?, fr. Egypt. hikshasu chiefs of the Bedouins, shepherds.] A dynasty of Egyptian kings, often called the {Shepherd kings}, of foreign origin, who, according to the narrative of Manetho, ruled for about 500 years, forming… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hyksos — Kings Dynasty 15:1674 1567 BC; Dynasty 16: c.1684 1567 BC. During the Second Intermediate Period, Egypt was ruled by a line of kings known as the Hyksos. According to the historian *Manetho (as preserved in *Africanus), there were six Hyksos… … Ancient Egypt
Hyksos — Hyk sos, n. [Gr. ?, fr. Egypt. hikshasu chiefs of the Bedouins, shepherds.] A dynasty of Egyptian kings, often called the {Shepherd kings}, of foreign origin, who, according to the narrative of Manetho, ruled for about 500 years, forming the XVth … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hyksos — c.1600, 15th dynasty of Egyptian kings (1650 1558 B.C.E.), called Shepherd Kings, from Gk. Hyksos, from Egyptian, either hiq shasu ruler of nomads, or heqa khoswe chief of foreign lands … Etymology dictionary
Hyksos/Archive 1 — DiscussionWhy is there a discussion in the second paragraph? It should be moved here. 20:41, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC):I looked up in the history, and it looks like it was taken care of. :) 17:46, 13 December 2005 (UTC) Another standpoint for this theory … Wikipedia
Hyksos — The Hyksos (Egyptian heqa khasewet , foreign rulers ; Greek Polytonic |Ὑκσώς, Polytonic |Ὑξώς, Arabic: Polytonic |الملوك رعاة الغنم , Polytonic |shepherd kings) were an Asiatic people who invaded the eastern Nile Delta, initiating the Second… … Wikipedia
hyksos — ˈhikˌsōs, säs, sȯs, səs adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Greek Hyksōs, dynasty ruling Egypt, from Egyptian ḥq ˒ʾš˒ʾsw ruler of the countries of the nomads : of or relating to a Semite dynasty ruling Egypt from about 1650 to 1580… … Useful english dictionary
Shepherd King — any of the Hyksos kings. * * * … Universalium
shepherd king — noun Usage: usually capitalized S Etymology: translation of Greek basileus poimēn; translation of Egyptian ḥq˒ʾš˒ʾsw : one of the Hyksos kings … Useful english dictionary
