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2649 BCE
Old Kingdom
largest pyramids, king Zoser pyramid, labor tax, khufu and sphinx, traders look outside egypt -
2040 BCE
Middle Kingdom
high point is the rule of Amenemhet, lower Nubia was conquered, forts set up to defend upper Nubia trade, silver, copper, gold, ebony, ivory from various areas, burial prayers not just pharohs, nome readers replaced by governors.
