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Old Kingdom
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English
Etymology
en de Altes Reich, eventually displacing en Old Empire, an older calque of the same term. Coined in the 1840s as part of a periodization of Ancient Egyptian history into Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.
Proper noun
Old Kingdom 1
en historical Egypt from the start of the 3rd Dynasty to its disintegration into regional states at the end of the 6th Dynasty.
Translations
Egypt from the 3rd Dynasty through the 6th
Danish: da Det gamle Rige n definite form
German: de Altes Reich n
Hungarian: hu Óbirodalom
Marathi: mr जुने राज्य n
Polish: pl Stare Państwo n