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At the end of what is referred to as the Middle Kingdom era of Egypt, there was a breakdown in centralised power, the assertion of independence by various nomarchs and the assumption of power in the Delta by Pharaohs of the 17th Dynasty.

Around 1674 BC, these Canaanites, whom the Egyptians referred to as " rulers of foreign lands " ( Egyptian, ), hence " Hyksos " ( Greek ), invaded Egypt, where they would rule for over a century.