Egypt - The Old Kingdom

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  1. 3. The Old Kingdom is best known for the building of the ___.
  2. 5. The head of religion and of the government.
  3. 7. The capital city of Egypt's Old Kingdom.
  4. 9. The Old _____ lasted approximately 400 years and ended in the year 2150 BCE.
  5. 11. The Pyramid of ___ was the first pyramid that was built.
  6. 12. The royal family's ___ on power was lost during the fifth dynasty.
  7. 16. The Old Kingdom began with the ___ dynasty.
  8. 17. The Egyptian sun god.
  9. 18. The governor of each nome/state.
  10. 19. The Giza Complex included multiple large pyramids as well as the Great ___.
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  1. 1. The Early ___ Period is the time before the Old Kingdom.
  2. 2. The royal pyramids grew smaller during the ___ dynasty.
  3. 4. The ___ god rose to dominance during the fifth dynasty.
  4. 6. During the fourth dynasty, the kings ruled under a powerful centralized ___.
  5. 8. Most of the cities have been destroyed because they had been made from ___.
  6. 10. When the central government grew weak toward the end of the Old Kingdom, Egypt broke up into several ___ states.
  7. 13. The final dynasty of the Old Kingdom (though some historians say it ended in the eighth dynasty).
  8. 14. The largest pyramid was the Great Pyramid of ___.
  9. 15. The ___ dynasty was known as the great age for the pyramid builders.