The First Intermediate PeriodLearning Objective Describe the processes by which the First Intermediate Period occurred, and then transitioned into the Middle KingdomKey PointsThe First Intermediate Period was a
Little is known about this entire period apart from the names given by Manethô and references by Greek historians. The name of the only ruler of the XXVIII Dynasty is not even known from any Egyptian inscriptions. Only the XXX Dynasty, with two substantial reigns, did any kind of building...
(Karder). The latter, anehrpat(orherbed, “master of learning”) andmobed(ormagupat, “priest”) already prominent under Shāpūr I, appeared during the reigns ofBahrām I(reigned 273–276) andBahrām II(276–293) as the dominant figure in the Zoroastrian church. As stated in the Ka...