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second intermediate period

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables
sec-ond in-ter-me-di-ate pe-ri-od
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
8
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The period of Egyptian history from the end of the Middle Kingdom midway through the 13th dynasty to the start of the New Kingdom at the beginning of the 18th dynasty, characterized by political disintegration and later the conquest of Egypt by the Hyksos.

Inflected Forms

the Second Intermediate Period (canonical)

Questions

What does second intermediate period mean?
The period of Egyptian history from the end of the Middle Kingdom midway through the 13th dynasty to the start of the New Kingdom at the beginning of the 18th dynasty, characterized by political disintegration and later the conquest of Egypt by the Hyksos.

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