History of Ancient Egypt - Dynasty XVII - Second Intermediate Period - War with the Hyksos

Towards the end of Egypt's Second Intermediate Period, a war broke out between the Canaanite group of rulers known as the Hyksos (Dynasty 15) in northern Egypt and a new, upstart group of kings from the southern city of Thebes that Egyptologists identify as the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt. The conflict was for the soul of the country that had become home to both groups of people. Find out what happened in this episode of Ancient Egypt, Dynasty by Dynasty.
Contents:
00:00 Intro
01:35 The Early 17th Dynasty
06:25 Seqenenre Tao and War
11:04 The Warrior King Kamose
21:07 Thank You and Patrons
Related Videos:
Ancient Egypt Dynasty by Dynasty - Dynasties XV & XVI - The Arrival of the Hyksos
• Ancient Egypt Dynasty ...
Ancient Egypt Dynasty by Dynasty Playlist: • Ancient Egypt Dynasty ...
Machinimas created using Total War: Rome 2 Age of Bronze mod
Sources and Suggested Reading ► bit.ly/3PTu7pN
Follow History with Cy:
Instagram ► / historywithcy
Facebook ► / historywithcy
Twitter ► / historywithcy
Website ► www.historywithcy.com
Merch ► my-store-11502415.creator-spr...
Podcast ► historywithcy.buzzsprout.com/
Patreon ► / historywithcy
Music:
Epidemic Sound
#egypt #ancienthistory #bronzeage

[@iexist3919]

So excited for the 18th Dynasty! Thanks for your invaluable work!

[@HistorywithCy]

Haha that one is going to take me a while because there's so much info I want to pack into it. Was thinking of splitting it up but now I think I'll just stick to one long episode. Thanks for watching!

[@drswag0076]

that's when things really get interesting.

[@Onehandsomeman63]

Since world is basic on races/colors? What race/color was the Hyksos????????

[@tsukun16]

@@Onehandsomeman63 theres a depiction of cannanites at the beginning of the video,you could also search for ramses tomb decorations of peoples. Anyway, they are usually depicted as fair skinned just like the myceneans/minoans, lybians, an other levantine peoples, and they are all lighter then what egyptians depicted themselves, something like a reddish brown. Interesting, though, is that the always depicted as truly pale are the berbers. Nubians are undoubtedly negroid like.

[@zombienation804]

​@@Onehandsomeman63 half browns 😂

[@Boat685]

Criminally underrated content, definitely one of my favorite history channels on KZbin.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks so much for the kind words, makes my day! The rest of the dynasties are on the way, stay tuned and thanks for watching!

[@RaymondDuah-fn3ju]

​@@HistorywithCyvery underrated

[@RaymondDuah-fn3ju]

​@@HistorywithCyyou deserve 1 million subs

[@rovanderby759]

Thank you Cy for this great series, it's the most complete history of Egypt I've ever seen on YT

[@ancientsitesgirl]

Great Thebans, especially Kamose! Thanks for the great video, it's my favorite series💗

[@IStevenSeagal]

Kamose the ancient Hosni Mubarak look alike.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks! The big one is next... D18!

[@jeffreed671]

Love the content! I’ve always been fascinated with early civilizations, their customs, beliefs and daily lives. I’ve always wondered what exactly was the catalyst for the switch from hunter/gatherers to building settlements :

[@stellarbotosi2]

Cy, you're a machine. Casually pumped out a 2 hour video a little over a week ago and now another 20 minute video. Thanks for the content, it is very much enjoyed!

[@HistorywithCy]

No problem, thanks for watching! More on the way, stay tuned!

[@SisterWomen]

This fascinates me so deeply. Ahhotep was buried with full military honors, having lost her father, husband and son in the rebellion. They fought for three generations with women and children as their only viable leaders. One of the greatest military upsets ever.

[@Quickshot0]

Gone through a lot of Egyptian history as well with all these dynasties now. Though I imagine that as we come to the newer eras the amount of available information will start to increase.

[@noahlogue]

YES Finally!

[@HistorywithCy]

Enjoy and thanks for watching!

[@cabwaylingo_]

great vid like always! been waiting for the 18th dynasty for sooo long, the wait will be worth it for sure :)

[@PoliticalFuturism]

Solid episode! Excited for the next! Keep killing it Cy!

[@gorditacrunch5168]

This seriously is exceptional, truly great work! Thank you for your dedication!

[@anitapollard1627]

Thank you Cy the History Guy 🤗 perfect, as usual!

[@Sigy_Selene]

Thank you so much for the videos!! Really appreciate you Cy!! ❤️

[@HistorywithCy]

My pleasure, appreciate you watching these!

[@patrickotis3884]

Yay, new content! Thank you Cy! You make it worth watching 2+ mins of silly ad content.

[@SimonSozzi7258]

Love this series. Superb.

[@aurelienyonrac]

I really appreciate how much you are enjoying yourself

[@anasevi9456]

thank you for your doco series!

[@HistorywithCy]

You're so welcome, thanks for always tuning in and watching!

[@geraldmeehan8942]

Back to Egypt! Keep up excellent content

[@vazak11]

Cool as always!

[@robbabcock_]

Great video, Cy!👏🔥🙏

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you, and thanks for watching!

[@joeshmoe8345]

I super enjoy being entertained by your content

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you, and thanks for watching!

[@bulletclub3320]

Been not commenting for a while but still love your work and await every video

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks man, really appreciate the support!

[@josephphoenix1376]

Excellent Episode 👍. My favorite period in Ancient Egypt,s history. Thier RECONQUEST/ RECONQUISTA& Reunification of the 2Lands! The seldom told Backstory at this time is exactly how crucial the Theban Queens were to Success!

[@kendallbyrd9875]

Great Video! I’m curious how people living under these more obscure dynasties thought of their leaders. Did they think they had the legitimate ruler or did they just play the game in order to avoid persecution.

[@yazziminator]

I'm preping an exam and this helps so much lol thank you very much brother 🎉 great detail with the map i always find the overlaps of dynasties confusing as hell.

[@Caligulashorse1453]

Love these videos

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you, and thanks for watching!

[@jennypoussin3866]

Seqenenre Tao, creator of General Tao chicken? 🐔☺️ Thanks as always Cy! Happy 2023! 🎉

[@omegaroyal]

I really enjoy your videos.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you, and thanks for watching!

[@Taylor-nf7ll]

Thanks!

[@dogwhistle8836]

Good work young man, I was wondering if you could add some of your long form videos on Spotify? I don't know if it cost-effective to add talks to Spotify but I do relisten to your playlist on Spotify a lot and your long Sumer and Assyria talks on it, you have a good voice to have on as I do work

[@HistorywithCy]

You know, I've neglected updating the podcast for far too long... I'll put the audio of the latest Babylonian one up on Spotify and other platforms. It may take a couple of days to show up, but rest assured, it'll eventually be there. Thanks again for the support!

[@jakubkuzminski5670]

Super Film

[@uptheblues1875]

I don't wanna sound demanding, but I hope you'll continue this series through to the Ptolemaic dynasty up until Egypt's annexation by Rome

[@HistorywithCy]

That's the plan! Thanks for watching!

[@ahmadfathy7994]

@@HistorywithCy He talked about the Egyptian revolutions against the Abbasids and the Romans

[@supermanhun]

Thanks for the Video we history nuts thank u

[@samyebeid4534]

As a fellow history nut, I approve this message!

[@AndreLuis-gw5ox]

Looking foward to the next episode! I supose egypt will be reunited now right

[@HistorywithCy]

Yup, and it'll be a big one... Dynasty 19! Thanks for watching!

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Haven't watched the Babylon video yet but did have to catch up on the Egyptian dynasty shenanigans. Hehehe...

[@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes]

The o in unison is meant to be read as a schwa I think Your metathesis in sovereign is very interesting to me. I was able to find pronunciation guides that mention it, but I can’t place what dialect/accent it’s from.

[@lorefox201]

the narration of the ancient texts is always 😩👌 gucci

[@juanparacchini4772]

Great presentation. I recommend that your freind at wanax TV say something about the campaigns of dionysus son of zeus, grandson of the cananaite hyksos king cadmus. Dionysius was the first Greek heroe demigod, who hellinized the world through conquests. He campaigned in Egypt and aethipopia in around this hyksos period. And before dionysus, Apollo son of zeus is said to have taken over the great oracle of Ammon.....transforming it into an oracle of zeus to some degree....

[@Mr2Badboybrown]

I have a book from Time Life entitled What Life Was Like on the Banks of the Nile which shows this picture of Seqenenre Tao's body

[@SobekLOTFC]

Eeeyo it's Cy! Hail βασιλεύς! The Babylon video was really a magnum opus!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, glad you liked it! It was a lot of fun for me to make and I'll do a few more projects like that one later in the year. Thanks for watching!

[@jaroddavid5933]

Hey Cy, commenting on this video instead of the other because it's more recent, but: I've been watching this series and in the video on Dynasty IV or V (it was one of those two), you mention that the Egyptians who built the pyramids saw it as an honor for them to build for their pharaoh As I've recently discussed with others, it seems the general understanding is that the Egyptians who built the pyramids were enslaved and whether or not they had any honor for doing it is irrelevant since they had no choice in the matter.... but it was interesting to me when you said that since it's a perspective I've never considered That said, knowing that you consult tons of sources and talk to historians and whatnot, do you have a specific source for that particular piece of information that seems to be crucial in online discussions about the building of the pyramids? P.S. - are you going to be doing any other videos on the social aspects of Ancient Egypt like you did with the Food and Drink one that strayed away from the political history?

[@samirsabry9164]

nice

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks!

[@HistoryFirst]

Would you ever consider making a whole series on the people of marhasi? Its a name given by the Sumerians but I feel is never talked about

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi! I don't know about a whole series, but I will mention them when I go more into pre-Achaemenid Iran. Thanks for watching!

[@daxmarshall4969]

Can't forget some History with Cy.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, really appreciate it!

[@creepersflare6120]

Hey cy, I was trying to go to your website to see the reading list, but has soon as a did it took me to another website that claimed a had a virus. Hope you can check it out. Thanks for the great content!

[@HistorywithCy]

Yeah I just saw that, thanks for letting me know. I'm going to call my ISP asap and see what the issue is. Thanks for the head's up!

[@jal3647]

Are you going to stop at Ptolemy XV Caesarion?

[@MikeSyraxx]

Do you have Roman history playlist mate?

[@Alexander_D_Shaffer]

I wonder how you say Restitutor Orbis in 17th dynasty era Egyptian.

[@anheuserbusch65]

Is there a book you would recommend about the history of Egypt? Granted, I assume it'll be a long one haha

[@HistorywithCy]

Haha I have many! Do want something general or a specific time period? Two books that come to mind if I were to start from scratch would be A History of Ancient Egypt by Marc Van De Mieroop and The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson. Both are well-researched and easy to read. Let me know if you need any other recommendations and thanks for watching!

[@anheuserbusch65]

@@HistorywithCy That's perfect! The book that I am considering is The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson, so if it's got your approval than that's the one I'll read for sure. Thank you!

[@LagunaShirogane]

This is great. My favorite history channel on here. I said it once, I'll say it again: You and Justin from Fire of Learning should collaborate on a video together as you two are the best with Kings and Generals as a close second. But lately Justin has lost interest in doin history videos and does alot of community posts on here now...telling elaborate stories about things thats gone on in his life instead like hes journaling now...which has sort of turned me off from his channel :( . Anyways, get ready!! Sid Meier's Civilization VI is getting ready to release the Rulers of the Sahara pack as part of their newest New Leaders DLC in a few weeks or more. This one includes Ramses II, King Sundiata Keita of Mali, and another version of Cleopatra.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, really appreciate the kind words and support. Yeah his longer histories are really good, especially the one on France and Spain. Thanks so much for watching, really appreciate it and lots more on the way, stay tuned!

[@LagunaShirogane]

@@HistorywithCy Thanks and looking forward to it. I had suggested to Justin on his Roman and Byzantine Empire videos about doin Ancient Egypt in his videos. He hasnt done it yet. I came to your channel about a year and half ago while searching for content on Ancient Egypt in similar ways and detailed like Fire of Learning does in his videos. Never found it but I did stumble on your Ancient Persian Empire videos instead regarding Cyrus the Great and his successors which what kept me glued to your channel. My wish came true some time later when you began your Ancient Egypt Dynasty by Dynasty series. Thank you again for your videos, Cy :)

[@HistorywithCy]

@@LagunaShirogane Thank you! There's a lot more I'll be doing on Egypt after the Dynasty series is over so no worries, you'll hopefully always have something to watch! Thanks again for the support and stay tuned for more!

[@IranTalk]

Excellent video! I am really looking forward to the video on the Achaemenid Dynasty of Egypt, lol.

[@QalOrt]

Things are heating up for the big start of the 18th!

[@HistorywithCy]

Oh man, it has so far proving to be one of the longer scripts for sure... have see if I'm going to divide it up or do one mega episode. Thanks for watching!

[@QalOrt]

@@HistorywithCy awesome!

[@selecttravelvacations7472]

Who is Kamose referring to when he says the “Asiatics”? Does he mean the Hykssos again? I may need re watch if you addressed it.

[@madderhat5852]

"Hey you, keep those hippos off my lawn!" Neighbours, sheesh.

[@henkstersmacro-world]

👍👍👍

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks man!

[@harryedwards4080]

I've been watching your videos for around 2 years now Cy ever since I first came wanted to find out more about Rome's nemesis The Carthaginians which then led me on to The Phoenicians which is where I first came across the term "The Bronze Age Collapse" and I thought well I want to know about when these Cities and Empires were thriving not when a lot of them were at their ending. That's when I found your videos about Eridu, Ur , Uruk, The Sumerians, Akkadians etc and I've been hooked ever since. But besides thanking you for your videos what I'd like to thank you for the most is for dispelling my once, I suppose you could call racist attitude toward people from the Middle East. Being from the UK anything I heard about that region on the news was always connected with something bad. I knew nothing about the rich culture and history of the countries which are now Iraq, Iran, and Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel etc ie Mesopotamia, Anatolia and The Levant. Even when I see that (stupid) film 300 on TV now, instead of just seeing all the Persians as the bad guys I think I wonder which regiments are supposed to be Neo Assyrian, Babylonian or even Elamites straight from the now Achaemenian Capital Susa..

[@harryedwards4080]

By the way although I've been I suppose you could loosely use the term 'studying' Assyriology even after two years I'm nearly at the start of Kassite dynasty in Babylon. After the fall of Ur III, there was a very very lot to learn about, like the reigns of Shamshi-Adad of Assur and Hammurabi of Babylon and the Isin-Larsa Period. Some day I plan on watching the videos like this one and learning the history of ancient Egypt, but I fear just by looking at the size and scope of the upcoming Kassite/Babylonia and Middle Assyrains histories I've yet to learn about not to mention The Mitanni kingdom, that might be a long time away lol

[@harryedwards4080]

PPS One day Cy could you please make more of your excellent City videos namely ones about the Cities of Eshnunna and Susa.. :)

[@beepboop204]

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks!

[@conorhenderson8537]

First and i wanna say. Hotepi to Kemeta or Misr.

[@HistorywithCy]

Peace to all, yes. Thanks for watching!

[@davidplowman6149]

Finally, we get to the Hur’q! Oh, wait this isn’t Klingon history. Fine, I’ll watch anyway even if it’s fictional. Oh, Star Trek is set in our universe. The Hyksos existed there too. I’m confused. Are the Hyksos the Hur’q?

[@HistorywithCy]

Haha no, don't think so. I don't remember the Hur'q from Star Trek, though it's been a while since I've watching an episode. Used to watch NextGen and DS9 plus all the movies, but after that sort of fizzled out. But I digress... thanks for watching!

[@davidplowman6149]

I believe they’re mentioned in Next Generation. I know they’re mentioned in Deep Space Nine. Basically, the Hur’q were a foreign people that invaded the Klingon’s, conquered them for a time, and then were driven out, never to be heard from again. While it may only be coincidence I’ve always thought it likely the Hur’q were based on the Hyksos.

[@guillaumerusengo9371]

Egypt saved by the mighty Medjai! 🙏

[@guillaumerusengo9371]

The beja.

[@beauregardduquesne3831]

Who is the asiatics or Asian people? Where are they from?

[@HistorywithCy]

That's the term Egyptian texts use primarily for Canaanites and by extension, the Hyksos.

[@TheLionFarm]

Study the apostolic

[@SpaceElephanth]

hee

[@sofdraws]

One thing I find disappointing when you talked about the Hyksos and the 15th and 16th dynasties is that you refused to talk about Hebrews the obvious impact that it had a number of Egyptian sources mention the Hebrews directly

[@blora34]

8:18 Great content as always! 🥹✨ the part about the letter of a complaint of hippos was a political metaphor, that a fantastic Egyptologist named Joann Fletcher describes far better than I can 🥰😂

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, glad you like it! I've gone through Fletcher's book on Amenhotep III... great book. Thanks for watching!

[@blora34]

@@HistorywithCy thanks for making great stuff, looking forward to the rest of the Egyptian Dynasty videos! 🥰

[@spiritwhirled]

The 3 Rosetta Stones are likely forgeries since they were not noticed by one contemporary historian in the time they would've been made, which would have been a big deal in those days. Subsequently, Egyptologists know next to nothing about Hieroglyphs should any portion of them be authentic to the period, and thus know nothing about Egypt's history and traditions.

[@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes]

For reasons that should be blatantly obvious, the standard for whether or not an artifact is authentic isn’t whether we’ve found a document that survived that acknowledges its existence. How do you square that it is possible to make sense of written hieroglyphics if the main source for all translation methods was made up at random by someone who didn’t understand it? If what you are saying is true it should all read as incoherent gibberish.

[@spiritwhirled]

@@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes Have you ever looked into Champollion and his methods? If not, you should. I make no claims that the hieroglyphs are forgeries yet, but there is not one hieroglyph in the 3 great pyramids or other significant megalithic structures in Egypt. They're likely a product of the Greeks/Romans, but I can't make that claim yet. A lot doesn't add up. Still making sense of it.

[@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes]

@@spiritwhirled Champollion’s methods should simply not work if the system were created at random. There has to be an internal and consistent logic for deciphering (or at least consistently making a coherent statement out of what is written) to be possible. As for there being no hieroglyphs contained in or around the major historical monuments, that simply isn’t the case. You can look them up yourself I suppose, but for instance, the Great Pyramid of Giza does contain hieroglyphic inscriptions. If you think they are simple later vandalism, let’s move forward about a thousand years and the tomb of Tutankhamen was completely untouched by thieves and yet contains hieroglyphics and cartouches upon its walls, and on other objects all over the room. As for Greeks: The Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty are definitely the ones who created all of the trilingual inscribed artifacts in the region (the Rosetta stones aren’t the only ones anymore), but as you can see they’d have been pretty hard pressed to have created a writing system that went back in time and retroactively populated tombs they’ve never opened.

[@spiritwhirled]

@@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes Yet Clemens and Strabo don't mention any of the triplicate Rosetta stones. They're too convenient. Champollion was sent to Egypt by Charles the Tenth with the approval of the Jesuits and kept a close correspondence with Duke de Blancas, Ambassador from France at Rome, and according to Marquis Spineto, his discoveries exhibit a predetermination to support the Mosaic system. There are no heiroglyphics on any of the large pyramids, as claimed by those who visited them centuries ago. What does this mean? At the very least there is multiple civilizations there. Everything you think you know about "Egypt," which was never called so, is to preserve the false Mosaic history that justifies the authority of the Religious Institutions and Royal Families. Neither Moses nor Homer, nor the Holy Scripture, mentions the pyramids. I don't think it's because the pyramids are new constructs, either. It reeks to high heaven.

[@thomasrinschler6783]

If you're going to discount historical evidence that isn't directly cross-referenced by other historical evidence, you're going to have like 70% of pre-modern history go "poof" in an instant.

[@fernquiroz]

It doesn't really make sense how the *_Hyksos_* eventually claim to be the sons of *_Ra_* when the _Canaanites_ revered preferred deity was *_Ba'al El Hadad_* the _Canaanite_ version of the _Egyptian thunder god Set._ In addition to that the *_Hyksos Pharoah Apepi_* was named after the _Egyptian god of chaos Apophis._ That happened to be *_Ra's_* nemesis. It would be akin to someone claiming to be a son of Jehova then calling themselves Satan. Doesn't really make much sense does it?

[@yaredasrat-lw1wd]

Appreciated your effort and explanations about the history of Africa, but your explanation is incomplete b/s you now it. is that give you satisfaction for your mind ? For example I did not get the 25th dynasty among your videos. maybe you jumped it Why ?. History is History we can't back it again whether it is made by Black or white or yellow or green people / Europe or Africa ...... history is history it is gone. . Thanks.

[@jahuti5065]

If you look at the title you will see that it says "Ancient Egypt Dynasty by Dynasty". If you look closer still you will see that the number of the above dynasty is the Roman numeral XVII. That is the number seventeen. You will also notice that this is the latest in the series and that the number, 17 is lower than the number 25. What this means is that the 25th dynasty has yet to be covered. To put it more simply, he hasn't reached that point in history yet.

[@The_Space_Born]

Egyptians were racially Caucasoid like the native people of the MENA regions, Europe and the high caste light-skinned people of India.

[@robyn051]

You know that how?

[@MM-yl9gn]

What specifically is he referring to as "Asiatic" and also, didn't Narmer speak of the sound of the Hippopotamus when unifying Upper and Lower Egypt? And if the Hyksos were truly Asiatic, from Asia Minor why are they referring to Upper Egypt as distinctively "Asiatic" when there shouldn't exist a distinction. Quite interesting, unless my history is wrong.

[@ulutiu]

@@MM-yl9gn I think that Hyksos were distinct from Egyptians by language and look (clothes and hair styles/facial hair)

[@MM-yl9gn]

@@ulutiu when the Greeks came in, they were distinctly different all the while adhering to the traditional style of Egypt. OP suggests that they were Caucasoid which clearly they were not nor were they Asiatic according to the Hyksos who supposedly were from Asia Minor. I'm just trying to understand how the Hyksos thought of the Upper Nile as they also distinguish them among Nubians. It's just odd, because while certainly Egypt was a melting pot, artistic expression is largely uniform until you get closer to the Ptolemy's.

[@phaeron2450]

To the space born: if the ancient Egyptians that started in upper Egypt. were anybody but people from East Africa region. it wouldn't make any sense. Think about it. The people you're talking about, would have to have seen the Nile Delta region. then travele all the way down to the borders of Nubia. Then decide to start their kingdom there. Who would do that? after seeing the Nile Delta region. Any other group of people, outside of the continent. or even North Africans. would have done exactly what the Hyksos did. which is to conquer lower Egypt first. And we all know, which came first.

[@vinniebedford6206]

Dr hawass is more informed then this guy

[@HistorywithCy]

I should hope so... after all, his is currently the world's most famous Egyptologist.