Original sentence: According to Wolfgang Helck, the Hyksos were Hurrians and part of a Hurrian empire that, he claimed, extended over much of Western Asia at this period
Edited sentence: According to Helck, the Hyksos were Hurrians and part of a Hurrian empire that, he claimed, extended over much of Western Asia at this period.In addition to this, the Armenian leader Hayk combined with Hayasa resembles the Hyksos.Recent scholarship has identified the Hyksos with the coalition of the powerful north Armenian State of Hayasa-Azzi and south Armenian indigenous Hurrian (Armani-Subarian) inhabitants.Some believe that the Hyksos may have been a mix of principally Indo-Iranian peoples, who mixed with the Hurrians and were escorted by the Habiru to Egypt