The
God Osiris assumed a great role in this culture as followers
were expanded to allow the rich and poor alike. The sun god
Re also was in much popularity throughout this time. Art as
well as trade thrived for the first few dynasties. Asian
interlopes rule as well as the Hyksos in Lower Egypt through
the 15th Dynasty and this dominated the country
for decades. Close to the 17th Dynasty, the
Thebans declared war and with the use of the horse and the
chariot, liberated the delta from the Hyksos.
