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First Intermediate Period of Egypt: Era of Transformation

This rise of the priesthood, coupled with other factors such as the lack of a successor for the long-lived Pepi II and a severe drought, brought about the collapse of the political structure of the Old Kingdom and moved Egypt into the First Intermediate Period, but this should not be seen as a ‘dark age' or an era of chaos. It was a period of change for Egypt, and when that change was assimilated into the culture, the country emerged into the era of the Middle Kingdom and went on. The lack of reliable records, especially for the 7th and 8th Dynasties, contributes to the reputation of the era as a 'dark age,' as does the quality of the art and architecture produced. The great monuments of the Old Kingdom of Egypt on the scale of the pyramids at Giza were no longer built in the First Intermediate Period because there was no powerful central ruler to commission and pay for them and no bureaucracy to organize the sizeable labor force.

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Cathedral of Strasbourg, France

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A four tiered carved and lacquered cinnabar box, China, Wanli Period/Ming Dynasty, 16th-17th century

A human being is only breath and shadow.

-- Sophocles

Vermillion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus obscurus), male, family Tyrannidae, order Passeriformes, Tucson, AZ, USA

Fire Sunrise

Palatine Gate, a 1st century Ancient Roman gate to Julia Augusta Taurinorum.

Modern day Turin (Torino)