Speakur

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first intermediate period

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables
first in-ter-me-di-ate pe-ri-od
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The period of Egyptian history from the end of the Old Kingdom to the start of the Middle Kingdom (comprising the Seventh/Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and early Eleventh dynasties), characterized by a loss of central authority in favor of local nomarchs.

Inflected Forms

the First Intermediate Period (canonical)

Questions

What does first intermediate period mean?
The period of Egyptian history from the end of the Old Kingdom to the start of the Middle Kingdom (comprising the Seventh/Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and early Eleventh dynasties), characterized by a loss of central authority in favor of local nomarchs.

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