Population Growth , Famine, and the Fall of the Middle Kingdom Practice Test

Local governors pushing for more power caused untenable political instability leading to civil war and the kingdom's demise

Foreign invasions from the east decimated the population

A series of despotic pharaohs created a sense of paranoia that swept through the Egyptian population and institutions

Cultural decadence corrupted Egyptian institutions leading to a period of decline

Severe droughts starved the population to death