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The He zun (Chinese: 何尊) is an ancient Chinese ritual bronze vessel of the zun shape. [2] It dates from the era of Western Zhou (1046–771 BC), [3] specifically the early years of the dynasty, [4] and is famous as the oldest artifact with the written characters meaning "Middle Kingdom" or "Central State" — 中國: "China" — in a bronze inscription on the container. [5]
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
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.
Lisht or el-Lisht (Arabic: اللشت, romanized: Al-Lišt) is an Egyptian village located south of Cairo.It is the site of Middle Kingdom royal and elite burials, including two pyramids built by Amenemhat I and Senusret I.
Strontium isotope analysis of the inhabitants of Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period Avaris also dismissed the invasion model in favor of a migration one. Contrary to the model of a foreign invasion, the study didn't find more males moving into the region, but instead found a sex bias towards females, with a high proportion of 77% of ...
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6 Middle Kingdom. Toggle Middle Kingdom subsection. 6.1 Eleventh Dynasty Continued (c. 2040–1991 BC) 6.2 Twelfth Dynasty (c. 1991–1802 BC) 7 Second Intermediate ...
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