The Hyksos first appeared in the
Eleventh dynasty of Egypt, began their climb to power in the
Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt and came out the other side of
the second intermediate period in control of Avaris and the
delta. By the
Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt they ruled lower Egypt and at the
end of the
Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt they were expelled. The hiatus
in the rule of their own land by the Egyptians extended from the
end of the
Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt to the start of the
Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt and the move of the capital to
Thebes.