Western Civilization I / Unit 2 WC1 0107 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Hyksos and the Arrival of Bronze
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The idea
About sixteen fifty B.C.E. the Hyksos, leaders of foreigners, seized Lower Egypt and quickly Egyptianized. They brought bronze, horses and the chariot. Bronze is copper alloyed with tin, harder than either.
In practice
The Middle Kingdom's end about seventeen twenty; the Hyksos in the delta.
Where people slip
The anchor's chapter two calls bronze copper and zinc; its chapter three gets it right. Copper and tin.
Your place on the trail
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