Rules : In English we use âpastâ to say times after the hour until half past, or 30 minutes past the hour. Itâs twenty past nine. We use âtoâ to say times before the hour from 31 minutes until the full hour. Itâs twelve to ten.
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt topic The Second Intermediate Period marks a period when Ancient Egypt fell into disarray for a second time, between the end of the Middle Kingdom and the start of the New Kingdom . It is best known as the period when the Hyksos made their appearance in Egypt and whose reign comprised the Fifteenth dynasty.
The Old Kingdom is the name commonly given to the period in the 3rd millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization in complexity and achievement â the first of three so-called Kingdom periods, which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile Valley (the others being Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom).