Ancient Egyptian history is generally divided by historians into three main periods of centralised, stable rule: the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the:
A.
Roman Kingdom (an unrelated, much later period)
B.
Ptolemaic Kingdom (a much later period, following Greek conquest)
C.
Byzantine Kingdom (an unrelated, much later period)
The Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt, often referred to as the 'Age of the Pyramids', is particularly renowned for the construction of the great pyramids, especially those at:
Between the major stable periods of Egyptian history, the country experienced periods of political fragmentation and weakened central authority, generally referred to by historians as:
A.
Renaissance Periods
B.
Intermediate Periods
C.
Dark Ages (a term more commonly associated with a different historical context, though used loosely)
