The Old Kingdom

Old Kingdom

In the Old Kingdom, there were 6 dynasties. In the 1st Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, there were two parts to Egypt. The first half was the North which was known as the upper kingdom and then the second half was the South which known as the lower kingdom. Then King Menes came, also known as Narmer, who united the two kingdoms and built a government for Egypt (http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/EGYPT/ODL.htm).
In the 2nd Dynasty, people had been having disputes over who was to become the next king. As time went on, the situation worsened into a rivalry. But, towards the end of the Dynasty, there had evidently been more chaos. So much more, that there could have possibly been a civil war.
The 3rd Dynasty was on that had become a landmark for human history. It was an extremely prosperous time for Egypt. And at that time the Pyramid was being built. The writing on the tombs and buildings in Egypt tell of truly beautiful it was there (The Great Sphinx). They also tell of how wealthy and successful it was at that time. Egypt was also established as a nation under a strong central government (http://www.egyptattraction.com/egypt-kingdom.html).
In the 4th Dynasty, the Pyramids of Giza had been built. They were able to accomplish this task because Egypt had not been threatened of being invade for a long period of time. So during that period of time their main concern was to build beautiful art. The 4th Dynasty had come from Memphis, Egypt.
The 5th Dynasty came from Elephantine. The first kings of this new dynasty were all sons a woman named Khentkaues, who had been a member of the previous royal family. In this dynasty, the pyramids were quite as large as the ones in the 4th dynasty. From the 5th Dynasty there are Papyri that survived through the years, which tells us about how well they recorded things back then (http://www.eyelid.co.uk/dynasty1.html). In the 6th Dynasty, Egyptians made many writings. They wrote about expeditions to the south, the reign of Pepi I, and of trade. But, on of the most interesting pieces of writing that we found is a letter that had been written by Peppy II. The last major monument of the Old Kingdom is the one in Southern Saqqara dedicated to Pepi I (http://www.eyelid.co.uk/dynasty1.html).