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Old Kingdom

By Coonner
  • Old Kingdom
    2700 BCE

    Old Kingdom

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    2600 BCE

    Old Kingdom

    The nobles were bellow the Pharaoh in society and are rich and powerful families. Farmers, peasant, and slaves made up 80% of the population
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    2500 BCE

    Old Kingdom

    The ka is the life force and leaves the body after death and becomes the spirit
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    2400 BCE

    Old Kingdom

    The Egyptians idea of the afterlife made their burial practice which is preparing their body for the after life. They wrapped the body in specialty treated cloth that was wrapped around them embalming the.
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    2300 BCE

    Old Kingdom

    The Egyptians build pyramids, tall four sided tombs structure that meets at a point. They engineered The pyramids by using knowledge they gained to glue rocks together. The slaves they used to build the pyramids were paid in grain. The Pharaoh's had them made very large to show they were great. The pyramids were built for the Pharaoh to stay safe in once mummified, they also put curses on the pyramids to protect their Pharaoh .
  • Period: to 2200 BCE

    Old Kingdom

    Pharaohs were thought to be gods by the Egyptians