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Parkinson and Morenz also speculate that written works of the Middle Kingdom were transcriptions of the oral literature of the Old Kingdom. [112] It is known that some oral poetry was preserved in later writing; for example, litter-bearers' songs were preserved as written verses in tomb inscriptions of the Old Kingdom.
The Middle Kingdom, a name for China, from the translation of its native Chinese name, Zhongguo Middle Kingdom of Egypt , designation of The Period of Reunification (c. 2000-1700 BC) Middle kingdoms of India , political entities from the 3rd century BC to the 1200s
Kingdom 900–1286 AD Cait: Tribal kingdom 25–871 AD Ce: Tribal kingdom 1st century–900 AD Dal Riada: Dunadd Kingdom 501–878 AD Fortriu: Tribal kingdom 1–850 AD Galloway: Kingdom c. 1000–1234 AD Gododdin: Kingdom 5th–8th centuries AD Mann and Isles: Kingdom 848–1266 AD Moray: Kingdom c. 970–1130 AD Pictland: Kingdom 452–850 ...
The names of China include the many contemporary and historical designations given in various languages for the East Asian country known as Zhōngguó (中国; 中國; 'Central State', 'Middle Kingdom') in Standard Chinese, a form based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin.
The Middle Kingdom of Egypt (2040–1802 BC) is the period from the end of the First Intermediate Period to the beginning of the Second Intermediate Period. In addition to the Twelfth Dynasty, some scholars include the Eleventh, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Dynasties in the Middle Kingdom.
The locale was also a source of gneiss and chalcedony in the Middle Kingdom. [85] The Chalcedony deposits are also known as 'stela ridge' as it was a place where commemorative stelae and votive offerings were left. [86] Nine of these commemorative objects date to the reign of Amenemhat III, specifically regnal years 2 and 4. [87]
For some authors, this marks the end of the Middle Kingdom and the beginning of the Second Intermediate Period. [9] This analysis is rejected by Ryholt and Baker however, who note that the stele of Seheqenre Sankhptahi, reigning toward the end of the dynasty, strongly suggests that he reigned over Memphis. The stele is of unknown provenance ...
The two kingdoms would eventually come into conflict, which would lead to the conquest of the north by the Theban kings and to the reunification of Egypt under a single ruler, Mentuhotep II, during the second part of the Eleventh Dynasty. This event marked the beginning of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt.