And yes, I did bring that up just so I could wallcat. Old Kingdom Egypt was also remarkably literate. They had two forms of writing, hieroglyphics for sacred writing, and then demotic script for recording contracts and agreements and other boring stuff. The last thing I want to say about Old Kingdom Egypt, it was ridiculously rich. But then, around 2250 BC, there were a series of droughts and pharaohs started fighting over who should have power, and we had an intermediate period. Which was followed by the Middle Earth. You know what?