Old Kingdom
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Old Kingdom
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Calque of German Altes Reich, eventually displacing 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 the Old Kingdom
- Egypt from the start of the 3rd Dynasty to its disintegration into regional states at the end of the 6th Dynasty.
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name Egypt from the 3rd Dynasty through the 6th
| Deutsch | Altes Reich |
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Talk about this word "Old Kingdom." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/old%20kingdom. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. Old Kingdom. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/old%20kingdom "Old Kingdom." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/old%20kingdom.Cite this
@misc{old_kingdom_2026,
title = {Old Kingdom},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/old%20kingdom},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
