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Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt
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| Dynasties of Pharaohs in Ancient Egypt |
| Predynastic Egypt |
| Protodynastic Period |
| Early Dynastic Period |
| 1st 2nd |
| Old Kingdom |
| 3rd 4th 5th 6th |
| First Intermediate Period |
| 7th 8th 9th 10th |
| 11th (Thebes only) |
| Middle Kingdom |
| 11th (All Egypt) |
| 12th 13th 14th |
| Second Intermediate Period |
| 15th 16th 17th |
| New Kingdom |
| 18th 19th 20th |
| Third Intermediate Period |
| 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th |
| First Persian Period |
| Late Period |
| 28th 29th 30th |
| Second Persian Period |
| Macedonian-Roman Period |
| Alexander the Great |
| Ptolemaic Dynasty |
| Roman Egypt |
| Arab Conquest |
The Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Second Intermediate Period.
Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Seventeenth Dynasty are as follows:
| Name | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rahotep Sekhemrewahkhaw | Unknown |
| Sobekemsaf I Sekhemreshedtawy | Unknown |
| Antef VI Sekhemrewepmaat | Unknown |
| Antef VII Nebkheperre | Unknown |
| Intef VIII Sekhemreherhermaat | Unknown |
| Sobekemsaf II Sekhemrewadjkhaw | 1566 BC-1559 BC 7 years |
| Tao I the Elder Senakhtenre | 1559 BC-1558 BC 1 year |
| Tao II the Brave Seqenenre | 1558 BC-1554 BC 4 years |
| Kamose | 1554 BC-1549 BC 5 years |
The Seventeenth Dynasty covers a period of time when Egypt was split into a set of small Hyksos-ruled kingdoms. It is mainly Theban rulers contemporary with the Fifteenth Dynasties and Sixteenth Dynasties.
The last two kings of the dynasty opposed the Hyksos rule over Egypt and initiated a war that would rid Egypt of the Hyksos kings and began a period of unified rule, the New Kingdom.
Kamose the second son of Seqenenre Tao II was the the brother of Ahmose I, the first king of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
This chronological table and all published dates are derived from Kim Ryholt's book, "The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period (Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications," vol.20. (Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997) ISBN 87-7289-421-0, pp.203-204
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