Title: The Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period
Abstract: The Old Kingdom is usually characterized as the first great epoch of Egyptian history, when the phenomenal cultural, iconographical and political developments of the late Predynastic Period and the Early Dynastic Period coalesced to give an eminently visible culture that says ‘ancient Egypt’ to the modern audience. This development may best be symbolized by the pyramid, the most persistent image of the era. For its part, the First Intermediate Period is the first clear manifestation in Egyptian history of the periods of disunity and systemic weakness that have affected every long-lasting ancient and modern culture in one form or the other. The time-period covered in this section illustrates for the first time both the highs and lows of ancient Egypt. The Old Kingdom is usually defined as consisting of the Third to Eighth Dynasties of Manetho (<italic>c.</italic>2686–2125 <sc>bc</sc>), and the First Intermediate Period of the Ninth and Tenth and roughly two-thirds of the Eleventh Dynasty (<italic>c</italic>.2160–2016 <sc>bc</sc>).
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-11-12
Language: en
Type: reference-entry
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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