Who were the Hyksos?

The Hyksos people were a Semitic people in Ancient Egypt who originated in the Levant region of the Mediterranean. The Hyksos ruled over Lower Egypt and the Nile Valley around 1630–1523 BCE, also known as the Second Intermediate Period. The Hyksos were nomadic groups that began settling in Egypt in the 1800s BCE. Their name, Hyksos, is a Greek version of the Egyptian name heqa khasut, which means "rulers of foreign lands." 

The Levant (/ləˈvænt/ lə-VANT) is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of West Asia and core territory of the political term Middle East

What is the old name for the Levant?

Canaan. Prior to (and for some time after) the formation of the Israelite/Hebrew identity and polities in the region, the land was referred to natively as Canaan (first attested in Assyrian Akkadian as Kinaḫnu).

What were the people of West Asia or Western Asia called?

Afro-Asiatic or Afrio-Asians

What would the Asiatic people look like?




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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyksos#Name

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hyksos-Egyptian-dynasty