Chapter 3: Egypt in the Pyramid Age...Continued (11-15)
11. The Book of the Dead explained: rituals and procedures to prepare a dead body for mummification and burial. 12. A nomarch was responsible for: ruling a province, collecting taxes, and enforcing a pharaoh's decrees. 13. This pharaoh reigned for ninety-four years: Pepi II. 14. A nome is another word for: a region or province of Egypt. 15. Toward the end of the Old Kingdom, the unity of Egypt began to break apart because: the nomarchs became too powerful and the pharaohs too weak.