Old Kingdom Egyptian governors' efforts to train their sons to succeed them may also have had what result?

A) It weakened royal authority, leading to the end of the Old Kingdom.
B) It increased the pharaoh's power throughout Egypt.
C) It maintained the Old Kingdom longer than it deserved.
D) It opened Egypt to foreign invasion.
E) It encouraged daughters, excluded from power, to rebel against the pharaoh.


Answer: A

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