古埃及历史上第一次重大危机出现在古王国崩溃之后。主要由于中央政权的崩溃导致大饥馑的发生。地方统治者尝试使用发明新的人工灌溉方法来解决这个问题。也就是说,古代埃及国家的形成与人工灌溉工程的发明之间并不存在任何联系,并不符合“治水专制主义”学说。 The first major crisis in ancient Egypt occurred after the collapse of the ancient kingdom. Mainly due to the collapse of the central government led to famine. Local rulers tried to solve this problem by inventing new artificial irrigation methods. In other words, there is no connection between the formation of the ancient Egyptian state and the invention of artificial irrigation projects, and it is not in accordance with the doctrine of “water-control despotism.”