Egypt was an Early River Valley Civilization that had many important characteristics of a strong kingdom. It was around the Nile River that the early Egyptians used to grow crops and settle. The fertile land around the Nile was narrow, and the Egyptians had to create dikes, reservoirs, and irrigation ditches because the Nile would flood yearly and destroy crops if it was not contained. Over the years, Egypt had developed a stronger government, economy, society, religion, and has had many important achievements that the Egyptians before the three main periods, the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom, did not. The Old Kingdom of Egypt was officially formed about 2575 B.C. and is when the Egyptian pharaohs organized their people