property · prop_egyfull_first_intermediate
First Intermediate Period
Modern label for politically divided and regionally varied centuries after the Old Kingdom.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Research description
The term must not be treated as a synonym for uniform collapse. Regional centres, local economies and cultural continuities persisted.
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines and contextualizes
End of the Old Kingdom — Renate Müller-Wollermann (2014)Supports the definition and its limits.
Locator: End of Old Kingdom and historiographic discussion