Pyramid Age

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historical era period of ancient Egyptian history

Pyramid Age refers to the era of ancient Egyptian history, particularly the Old Kingdom, characterized by the construction of the great pyramids and the development of centralized pharaonic power.

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Label	Occurrences
Pyramid Age canonical	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical era ⓘ period of ancient Egyptian history ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Age of the Pyramids NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyramid Age of Egypt ⓘ
capital	Memphis (ancient Egypt) NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	construction of large stone pyramids ⓘ development of centralized pharaonic power ⓘ highly organized bureaucracy ⓘ monumental stone architecture ⓘ state-organized labor ⓘ strong royal ideology ⓘ
correspondsTo	Old Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity	long-distance trade ⓘ state-sponsored construction projects ⓘ
economicBase	agriculture along the Nile ⓘ
endTime	c. 2181 BCE ⓘ
followedBy	First Intermediate Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Early Dynastic Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm	absolute monarchy ⓘ
hasPart	Fifth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Fourth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Sixth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	later Middle Kingdom funerary architecture ⓘ later New Kingdom royal ideology ⓘ
knownFor	development of royal funerary cults ⓘ early codification of Egyptian art conventions ⓘ elaboration of pyramid complexes with temples and causeways ⓘ
locatedIn	Lower Egypt ⓘ Nile Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Egypt ⓘ
mainLanguage	Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
notableMonument	Bent Pyramid NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Pyramid of Giza NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyramid of Khafre NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyramid of Menkaure NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Pyramid NERFINISHED ⓘ Step Pyramid of Djoser NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRuler	Djedefre NERFINISHED ⓘ Djoser NERFINISHED ⓘ Khafre NERFINISHED ⓘ Khufu NERFINISHED ⓘ Menkaure NERFINISHED ⓘ Pepi I Meryre NERFINISHED ⓘ Pepi II Neferkare NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahure NERFINISHED ⓘ Sneferu NERFINISHED ⓘ Userkaf NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSite	Abu Sir necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Dahshur pyramid field NERFINISHED ⓘ Giza pyramid complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Saqqara necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
startTime	c. 2686 BCE ⓘ
writingSystem	Egyptian hieroglyphs NERFINISHED ⓘ hieratic script ⓘ

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Netjerirenre (probable) → associatedPeriod → Pyramid Age ⓘ

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