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Middle Kingdom or Middle Country, Mandarin Zhongguo, Chinese name for China. It dates from c.1000 B.C., when it designated the Chou empire situated on the North China Plain. The Chou people, unaware of high civilizations in the West, believed their empire occupied the middle of the earth, surrounded by barbarians. Since 1949, when the Communists took power, the official name for China has been Zhonghua renmin gongheguo [middle glorious people's republican country] or, in English, the People's Republic of China. The term Middle Kingdom is also used for the XII dynasty of ancient Egypt (see The Old and Middle Kingdoms under Egypt Egypt (ē`jĭpt), Arab. Misr, biblical Mizraim, officially Arab Republic of Egypt, republic (2005 est. pop. ..... Click the link for more information. ). |
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The Egyptian material derived from the Pre- to Early Dynastic site of Abydos (n = 7; 3500-2800 BC), a Middle Kingdom tomb in Thebes West (42; 2050-1650 BC), and different tomb complexes in Thebes West, which were built and used between the Middle and New Kingdom until the Late Period (42; c. One would think this would be a weighty coverage: The Other Middle Kingdom synthesizes information for a survey of both early Muslim life in China and the modern ten Muslim nationalities recognized by the PRC. The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt (0715634356, $31. |
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