THE OLD KINGDOM

 

THE OLD KINGDOM (C.2755-2255 BC) SPANNED FIVE CENTURIES OF RULE BY THE

3-rd THROUGH THE 6TH DYNASTIES. THE CAPITAL AT THE TIME WAS MEMPHIS.

THE RULING OF MONARCHS HELD OBSOLETE POWER OVER A STRONGLY UNIFIED

GOVERNMENT. THE RELIGION PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE. IN FACT, THE

GOVERNMENT HAD TO EVOLVE INTO A THEOCRACY WHEREIN OF THE

PHARAOHS AS THE RULERS WERE CALLED WERE BOTH ABSOLUTE MONARCHS

AND POSSIBLY GODS ON THE EARTH. THE WORKERS BUILD THE OLD KINGDOM IN

2755-2255 BC, PHARAOHS WERE RULERS OF THE OLD KINGDOM. FROM THE CHALITHIC

PERIOD (COPPER AGE) BEGINNING ABOUT 4000 BC-INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE

OLD KINGDOM. PEOPLE APPARENTLY UTILIZED AN EXTENDED PART OF THE LAND.