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Period: 2649 BCE to 2150 BCE
old kingdom
-Largest pyramids built
-King Zoser’s step pyramid
-Great pyramid/Khufu
-Labor tax was used during Inundation
-Egyptian traders began to look outside Egypt
for resources(incense, oils, ivory, cedar, and
silver) -
Period: 2040 BCE to 1640 BCE
Middle Kingdom
-High point is the rule of Amenemhet ----Lower Nubia was conquered
-Forts set up to defend against Upper Nubia
-Wood trade from Lebanon
-Silver, copper, gold, ebony, ivory from various
areas
-Burial prayers were used by everyone- not just
pharaohs
-Nome leaders were replaced by governors
under the pharaoh’s command