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* followed by unrelated rulers (13th & 14th dynasties; power exchanged, fought over) | * followed by unrelated rulers (13th & 14th dynasties; power exchanged, fought over) | ||
** Hyksos invasion -- migration, settlement (conquest?) of Nile Delta leads to final collapse of 13th dynasty and the Middle Kingdom | ** Hyksos invasion -- migration, settlement (conquest?) of Nile Delta leads to final collapse of 13th dynasty and the Middle Kingdom | ||
* Thera explosion is documented in the "Tempest Stele" (tempest means "storm"; "stele" is an upright stone monument)) | |||
** erected by the first New Kingdom Pharaoh, Amhose I, in 1550 | |||
** describes storms, dark skies, and damage to temples | |||
** Amhose I claimed that he repaired the damage | |||
== Hyksos invasion == | == Hyksos invasion == | ||