Egypt - The Old Kingdom

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