Answer:
The Old Kingdom
The Old Kingdom was the first of the 3 Kingdoms of Egypt where the ancient Egyptian civilization was said to be at its zenith. It lasted from 2686 BC to 2181 BC.
Under the Old Kingdom;
- Great Pyramids were constructed - The Old Kingdom is popularly known as the Age of Pyramids because this was when Egypt mastered the art of building them. The Great Pyramids of Giza were built in the beginning of the Old Kingdom with the most popular being built for Pharaoh Khufu.
- Prosperity and trade increased - In the Old Kingdom, the ancient Egyptians saw their influence and reach increase. This brought prosperity to them and made them more powerful. Trading missions from the kingdom even reached as far as Lebanon and possibly modern day Somalia.
The Middle Kingdom
This followed the Old Kingdom and was established after the Old Kingdom had fallen into decline. It lasted from 2050 to 1710 BC and had Pharaohs such as Mentuhotep II and Senusret III.
The Middle Kingdom saw;
- The Canal constructed to the Red Sea - It is said that under Senusret III, the Egyptians tried to build a canal to the red sea and this was continued by Persian King Darius the Great when he conquered Egypt.
- The Kingdom fall to Hyksos invaders - The end of the Middle Kingdom came when it fell to the Hyksos invaders who were from West Asia.
The correct answer is C) poor working conditions had resulted in many premature deaths.
Many labor unions formed during the late 19th and early 20th centuries because poor working conditions had resulted in many premature deaths.
That was an important reason, among others, for workers to organize and join forces creation labor unions during the 1800s and 1900s.
For instance, during the Gilded Age, many businesses men, and investors amassed great fortunes at the expense of the workers. These wealthy owners exploited workers. They had big and profitable companies exploiting the workers.
These workers spend long hours in the fabrics working under unhealthy conditions, with no ventilation and earned low salaries.
They were “of low physical and mental standards.” They were “filthy.” They were “often dangerous in their habits.” They were “un-American.”
“The view was they could not fit into the American orientation toward progress and doing better, and would be forever manual laborers stuck at the very bottom,” Diner said of attitudes toward Southern Italians. She said Jews, by contrast, were viewed as “a little too successful, a little too pushy, getting on that American track too fast. They were viewed as competitors.”
Death and regret is prob the wrong answer but if there was choices than this would be easy
