Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. Mediterranean (Early Western World)
7. Egyptian (ancient)
8. Egyptian periods
9. Second Intermediate period (Egyptian)

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the period in Egypt from about 1630 to 1540 BCE; some sources group this Dynasty with the Thirteenth Dynasty. The period is characterized by political unrest and perhaps the first wave of Asiatics in the North. Little is known about the art and architecture of the period.