The pharaoh ahmose drove the hyksos out of egypt and restored egyptian rule, leading to a time period in egyptian history called the

The answer is - New Kingdom.

Ahmose is known and respected for multiple reasons, some of which are:

- Getting back the lost territories; Ahmose managed to defeat Hyksos and to return the lands of Nubia and Canaan that were once part of Egypt and that were of great economic and military importance.

- Reforming Egypt; He managed to reform the Empire in every aspect, economically, military, culturally, morally even... He lifted the empire from the ashes and managed to make it a great power and actually during his reign Egypt managed to reach its peak.

- Pyramid; The last built pyramid ordered by a native ruler in Egypt was from Ahmose.