"Old Kingdom" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: the Old Kingdom [canonical]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|Altes Reich}} Calque of German Altes Reich Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|head=Old Kingdom}} the Old Kingdom
  1. (historical) Egypt from the start of the 3rd Dynasty to its disintegration into regional states at the end of the 6th Dynasty. Tags: historical Translations (Egypt from the 3rd Dynasty through the 6th): Det gamle Rige (note: definite form) [neuter] (Danish), Altes Reich [neuter] (German), Óbirodalom (Hungarian), जुने राज्य (june rājya) [neuter] (Marathi), Stare Państwo [neuter] (Polish)
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