the old kingdom · the old kingdom . target •list and describe the government, achievements, and...
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The Old Kingdom
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Target
• List and describe the government,
achievements, and reasons for decline of
the Old Kingdom
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Government
• Society was organized under the rule of
the Pharaoh
• Considered both God and King
• His authority rested with Maat
-balance and harmony
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Building Projects
• Obelisks (Stone Monuments)
• Built as symbols to the sun God
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Pyramids
• The step pyramid at Sakkara
• Zoser- Pharaoh
• Imhotep – architect
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Sneferu’s Pyramids
• Pyramid at Meidum
(failure)
• Bent Pyramid (failure)
• Red Pyramid (Success)
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Pyramids at Gizeh
• The Great Pyramid
• Khufu (Cheops)
• Son of Sneferu
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The Great Pyramid
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Pyramids at Gizeh con’t
• Khafre, son of Khufu,
also built a pyramid at
Gizeh
• Also built the Great
Sphinx
• Purpose?
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Egyptian Society
• Also takes the shape
of a pyramid
Pharaoh
Nobles, Priests,
Royal officials,
Scribes
Skilled Workers, Soldiers
Farmers, Unskilled workers, slaves
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The end of the Old Kingdom
• Pharaohs were pre-occupied with building
pyramids
• They ran out of money
• The treasury is empty
• Who has the money?
• The Nobles
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End of the Old Kingdom ‘con’t
• Nobles give Pharaohs money
• In exchange for large tracts of land
• Positions of authority
• The nobles then developed smaller,
individual kingdoms of their own
• The First Intermediate Period
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The First Intermediate Period
• 1. Pharaoh’s power declines
• 2. No social order
• 3. No set policy or justice
• 4. Nobles want to experience an afterlife,
just like the pharaohs
• 5. Periods of famine occur with no
organized government to deal with it.
• Egypt splits into two kingdoms again!