War, Conflict, and Expansion - Ancient History: Egypt

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The greatest amount of pyramid-building activity occurred during which of the Kingdoms?

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The Old Kingdom, spanning from 2686 - 2181 BCE, was the period in which most of the pyramid-building occurred. This largely stemmed from the fact that civilized rule began in this period and the rulers first realized decided that rulers should be memorialized and buried in these large monuments. Pyramid-building tapered off towards the end of the Old Kingdom and beginning of the Middle Kingdom because rulers during this time realized how building the pyramids was incredibly time-consuming and expensive, not to mention that they were often robbed by tomb raiders.

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