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Old Kingdom

The Old Kingdom was the time period in Egypt between the fourth and sixth dynasties. The Old Kingdom is considered the most creative and weathly time in Egypt. It is a time of unification of Egpyt. They improved trade, and had a large irrrigation system which helped improve agriculture. The population of Egypt sky rocketed. At this time the first pyrmaids were constructed. The Old Kingdom period ended with a lack of floods from the Nile in 2134 which help support agriculture. This lead to a famine completely breaking up the once unified Egpyt. The next period of Egpyt is the Middle Kingdom.

Source http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/EGYPT/OLD.HT Unit 1 Terms Created By Danielle Fishman on September 4, 2008