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[QUOTE]Originally posted by rasol: [QB] [QUOTE]The opposite is true. One of the reasons the Egyptians allowed the Hyksos to rule is because they were near anarchy and needed a stable government.[/QUOTE] That line about bringing a stable government in the midst of weakness and anarchy sounds like [i]3rd Reich[/i] rhetoric. [IMG]http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/wink.gif[/IMG] [QUOTE]The Hyksos brought with them new technologies like the composite bow and the chariot.[/QUOTE] Which they may have used to secure conquest of Kemet and which in turn was used to drive them out. It is said that the reason this period is poorly documented and mysterious is that the Kemetians were horrified by Hyksos rule, and either did not record the events or even destroyed records of their reign, much as the Romans did during the reign of the insane Caligula. Here's what Manetho had so say about them: [i]"unexpectedly from the regions of the East, invaders of obscure race marched in confidence of victory against our land. By main force they easily seized it without striking a blow; and having overpowered the rulers of the land they then burned our cities ruthlessly, razed to the ground the temples of the gods, and treated all the natives with a cruel hostility, massacring some and leading into slavery the wives and children of others... Finally, they appointed as king one of their number whose name was Salitis"[/i] He is the one who is said to have given them the name Hyksos. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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