>>20135593The Hyksos dynasty is the key point, the name means "rulers from a foreign land" and they were the Habiru called them and most likely Babylonian in origin. Their army was the Hittites and their successors were most of the Sea Peoples union of the Weshesh (Troy), Shekelesh (Sicily), Tjekker (Canaan), Peleset (Philistine) and Denyen (Israelite tribe of Dan) lands.
Ramses II beat them in several skirmishes and went to assimilate them into the empire. They settled in Phoenicia and created separate city-states there. The Sicels are the most interesting. Their name in Egyptian and canaanite texts is "Shekelesh", ring any bells? The Shekelesh mingled with the Assyrian/Babylonian exiles in 1100 BCE (see pic related). In Phoenicia. The region was later on split into two factions, the Kingdom of Judeah and the Kingdom of Israel. The upper part (Israel) was ruled by the Greeks that had assimilated with Hittites and Lycians. The lower part was ruled (Judea) was ruled by the Assyrians, Shekelesh, and Sherden.
