Middle Kingdom

English Names of China + of Egypt Pronunciation en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Middle Kingdom.wav Southern England Etymology 1 en zh - 中國. Proper noun Middle Kingdom 1 en literary China. en 1669 John Nievhoff w:John Ogilby An embassy from the East-India Company An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-126081-3026/ John Macock London 561227535 4–5 https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-126081-3026/page/n15/ But though this Kingdom of China doth often change its Lord and Name, the Chineſes however have time out of mind called it by two other particular names, as Chungchoa, and Chungque ; the firſt whereof ſignifies The Middle Kingdom ; and the other, the Middle Garden. en 1964 Sherman E. Lee Urban Civilization and the Indus Valley; Neolithic and Pre-Shang China A History of Far Eastern Art https://archive.org/details/historyoffareast0000unse_i9c3/ New York Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers 64-11575 327329 23 https://archive.org/details/historyoffareast0000unse_i9c3/page/23/ 1, 2 The meeting point of the plateau and the plains is just east of the first great bend of the Yellow River. Significantly, it is at the central meeting point that we have the coalescence of the three cultures which produced the developed Shang culture. This area, known to the Chinese as Chung Yuan, or central plain, has always been the heartland of the “Middle Kingdom.” en 1999 Beijing The Book of the World 2nd United States w:Macmillan Atlas 0-02-864966-4 98-20881 1144581951 367 Genghis Khan initiated Beijing's nearly 800-year dominance over the Middle Kingdom. The city's current population numbers ten million people, far more than lived here in 1215 A.D. when the Mongol warlord conquered the strategically significant power center of Yanying and built Khanbalik, his new residence. en OCTOBER 26, 2017 Jennifer Saba Breakingviews - Viewsroom: China's leader cements his power https://web.archive.org/web/20220726204956/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-congress-breakingviews-idUSKBN1CV33Z 26 July 2022 w:Reuters Breakingviews President Xi Jinping emerged stronger at the end of China’s Communist Party Congress. His desire to consolidate control however may not help his plans to keep the Middle Kingdom’s economic engine humming. en 03/22/2022 Charles Pellegrin; Claire Hopes; Agnès Le Cossec; Laura Welfringer WELFRINGER China sticks to zero-Covid policy: Tens of millions endure new lockdown https://web.archive.org/web/20220322135127/https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/access-asia/20220322-china-sticks-to-zero-covid-policy-tens-of-millions-endure-new-lockdown 22 March 2022 w:France 24 After first appearing in China more than two years ago, Covid-19 has returned to the Middle Kingdom. The country had largely succeeded in keeping infection and mortality rates in check. en Related terms en Zhongguo Translations nickname for China Arabic: ar Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 中國 Zhōngguó, cmn 天下 Tiānxià under Heaven Czech: cs Říše středu f Danish: da Riget i Midten n definite form Finnish: fi Keskustan valtakunta French: fr Empire du Milieu m German: de Reich der Mitte n Hindi: hi मध्य साम्राज्य madhya samrajya m Italian: it Regno di Mezzo m Japanese: ja 中国 chūgoku Korean: ko 중국 junggug Kyrgyz: ky Жуңго Manchu: mnc ᡩ᠋ᡠ᠋ᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Дундад улс Mongolian script: mn ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ Polish: pl Państwo Środka n Portuguese: pt Reino Médio m, pt Reino do Meio m Russian: ru Среди́нное Ца́рство n, ru Сре́днее ца́рство n, ru Поднебе́сная f (a country) under Heaven Sanskrit: sa चीनमध्यराज्यम् n cīnamadhyarājyam Spanish: es Reino del Medio m Swedish: sv Mittens rike n Tibetan: bo ཀྲུང་གོ Uyghur: ug جۇڭگو Etymology 2 en de Mittleres Reich, eventually displacing en Middle Empire, an older calque of the same term. Coined c. 1840 as part of a periodization of Ancient Egyptian history into Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms. Proper noun Middle Kingdom 1 en historical Egypt from the time of its reunification under Mentuhotep II in the 11th Dynasty (ending the First Intermediate Period) to its disintegration during the 13th Dynasty and the beginning of the Second Intermediate Period. Translations Egypt in the late 11th, 12th, and early 13th dynasties Arabic: ar الدَوْلة الوُسْطَى f, ar المَمْلَكة الوُسْطَى f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 中王國 Zhōngwángguó Czech: cs Střední říše f Danish: da Det mellemste Rige n definite form Finnish: fi keskivaltakunta French: fr Moyen Empire m German: de Mittleres Reich n Hindi: hi मध्य साम्राज्य madhya samrajya m Hungarian: hu Középbirodalom Japanese: ja 中王国 ちゅうおうこく, Chū ōkoku Polish: pl Średnie Państwo n Portuguese: pt Reino Médio m Russian: ru Сре́днее ца́рство n Sanskrit: sa मध्यसाम्राज्यम् n madhyasāmrājyam Spanish: es Imperio medio m Swedish: sv Mellersta riket n en China Egypt