New Kingdom
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New Kingdom
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Calque of German Neues Reich, eventually displacing New 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 the New Kingdom
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Egypt after the Second Intermediate Period but before the Third Intermediate Period, from the time of the overthrow of the Hyksos under Ahmose I at the start of the 18th Dynasty to its de facto disintegration at the end of the 20th Dynasty.
Similar: New Empire
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name Egypt from the 18th Dynasty through the 20th
| Deutsch | Neues Reich |
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Talk about this word "New Kingdom." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/new%20kingdom. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. New Kingdom. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/new%20kingdom "New Kingdom." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/new%20kingdom.Cite this
@misc{new_kingdom_2026,
title = {New Kingdom},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/new%20kingdom},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
