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==Old Kingdom==
==Old Kingdom==
[[File:Abhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften aus dem Jahre (1902) (16765759871).jpg|thumb|The Palermo Stone, the fragment of the Egyptian Royal Annals housed in Palermo, Italy.]]
* consist of the 3rd through 6th "dynasties"
* consist of the 3rd through 6th "dynasties"
* distinguished from Archaic period by large-scale, centrally-controlled building projects
* distinguished from Archaic period by large-scale, centrally-controlled building projects
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** capital at Memphis
** capital at Memphis
** complex bureaucracy organized with [[vizier]] at head of government under pharaoh
** complex bureaucracy organized with [[vizier]] at head of government under pharaoh
*** see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imhotep Imhotep (wikipedia) for strong, genius vizier under Djoser (3rd  dynasty)
* '''Palermo stone'''
** named for Palermo, Italy, where it resides
** from an Old Kingdom stone, or "stele" (a stone with writing engraved on it)
*** which lists Old Kingdom and pre-Old Kingdom dynasties and kings
*** various "fragments" exist and are stored at different museums
*** known collectively as the "Cairo Annals Stone"
** the Palermo Stone lists mythological origin kings of Egypt and early Old Kingdom kings and dynasties
*** it serves as a unique contemporaneous (from that time) historical evidence of the pre-dynastic and Old Kingdom Egypt
* see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imhotep Imhotep (wikipedia) for strong, genius vizier under Djoser (3rd  dynasty)


===Pharaoh as supreme leader===
===Pharaoh as supreme leader===