The best example of the strength and advancement of the Old Kingdom’s central government is option A. It constructed great monuments.
During the Old Kingdom period, the Pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt built the Great Pyramid at Giza and the Sphinx. However, later the nomers began to ignore the Pharaoh’s words.
The Old Kingdom is the period lasting from c. 2686 to 2181 BC. It is also remembered 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.
King Sneferu perfected the art of pyramid-building and the pyramids of Giza were built under the kings Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure.
