Polity · 2500 BCE – 2201 BCE
Old Kingdom of Egypt
- Peak recorded area
- 93,286 km²
- 2500 BCE
- Data series
- 18
- 2350 BCE–2300 BCE
Overview
In ancient Egyptian history, the Old Kingdom is the period spanning c. 2700–2200 BC. It is also known as the "Age of the Pyramids" or the "Age of the Pyramid Builders", as it encompasses the reigns of the great pyramid-builders of the Fourth Dynasty, such as King Sneferu, under whom the art of pyramid-building was perfected, and the kings Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, who commissioned the construction of the pyramids at Giza.
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Territory
3 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 2201 BCE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Largest Settlement Pop | 40Kpersons2350 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Polity Population | 6.18score2300 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Population | 1.5Mpersons2350 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Economy
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Sophistication | 1.35score2300 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Monetary Complexity | 0.45score2300 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Military Levels | 5levels2350 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Military Sophistication | 0.375score2300 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Territory & resources
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Polity Territory | 5.27score2300 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Territory km² | 187.5Ksq km2350 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Admin Levels | 7levels2350 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Hierarchy | 6levels2350 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Development
6 of 7 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Government Complexity | 0.62score2300 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Hierarchy Levels | 5.5score2300 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Information Complexity | 0.8769score2300 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Infrastructure | 0.7083score2300 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Largest Settlement Pop | 4.6score2300 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Levels | 6score2300 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Seshat Equinox 2020Equinox 2020
Turchin, P. et al. Seshat Global History Databank, Equinox 2020 release.
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Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Old Kingdom of Egypt is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.