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New Kingdom

New Kingdom proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

the New Kingdom

  1. (historical) 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.
    Synonyms:
    New Empire

New Kingdom meaning in Marathi

New Kingdom in Marathi

Egypt from the 18th Dynasty through the 20th
नवे राज्य nave rājya

Synonyms of New Kingdom

Origin of New Kingdom

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.

Questions about New Kingdom

What does New Kingdom mean?
New Kingdom means 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.
What is New Kingdom in Marathi?
New Kingdom in Marathi is नवे राज्य (nave rājya). See New Kingdom meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is New Kingdom?
New Kingdom is a proper noun.

Words near New Kingdom in the dictionary

  1. New Keynesians
  2. new kid in town
  3. new kid on the block
  4. new kids in town
  5. new kids on the block
  6. New Kingdom
  7. New Labour
  8. new lad
  9. new laddish
  10. new lads
  11. New Lambton

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