Read the paragraph and answer the questions that follow.

By c. 1000 BCE, the magnificent Egyptian civilisation was on a steady decline. Foreign invasions and internal revolts weakened the civilisation, and sealed its fate. Egypt was effectively divided into two parts—the north ruled by the pharaoh and the south that nominally owed allegiance to the king. The south in actual practice was ruled by separate hereditary rulers.

1. What led to the decline of ancient Egyptian Civilisation?
2. What was the status of the rulers of southern Egypt after the Egyptian Civilisation declined?

1. Foreign invasions and internal revolts weakened the civilisation and led to its decline.
2. Southern Egypt nominally owed allegiance to the king, but in practice, it was ruled by separate hereditary rulers.