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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=== | ||