Old Kingdom

The task of running the day-to-day operations of the government fell to a vizier.

A vizier as a chief minister to the pharaoh.

Workers in departments under the vizier collected taxes,built irrigation systems, and made sure farms grew enough food.

Workers built pyramids during the Old Kingdom.

The grandest was the Great Pyramid at Giza

In 2600 BCE, the pharaoh, Khufu, had the pyramid built as his tomb His plan was to be buried in it with his possessions after his death. His subjects believed Khufu would need those things with him on his trip to the afterlife.