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Shepherd Kings
or Hyksos. Some 2,000 years B.C. a tribe of Arabian
shepherds established themselves in Lower Egypt, and were governed by
their own chiefs. Manetho says “they reigned 511 years;” Eratosthenes
says 470 years; Africanus, 284 years; Eusebius, 103 years. Some say
they extended over five dynasties, some over three, some limit their
sway to one; some give the name of only one monarch, some of four, and
others of six. Bunsen places them B.C. 1639; Lepsius, B.C. 1842;
others, 1900 or 2000. If there ever were such kings, they were driven
into Syria by the rulers of Upper Egypt. (Hyk, ruler; shos, shepherd.)
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