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Peasant Life & Farming In the Ancient Egypt

Peasant Life & Farming In the Ancient Egypt. Ji Ye Kim. Peasant Life. Most people called peasant farmers in the ancient Egypt were involved in farming and labor. As a farmer - harvested wheat and barley. As a laborer - built tombs and temples for pharaoh.

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Peasant Life & Farming In the Ancient Egypt

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  1. Peasant Life & Farming In the Ancient Egypt Ji Ye Kim

  2. Peasant Life • Most people called peasant farmers in the ancient Egypt were involved in farming and labor. • As a farmer - harvested wheat and barley. • As a laborer - built tombs and temples for pharaoh. • Glory of the ancient Egypt and the splendid pharaoh were made by the peasant. • As pay, the peasant received small amount of crops.

  3. Farming Season 1. Flooding Season - June was the flooding season. - Egyptians fixed tolls and made new one. 2. Growing Season - Egyptians planted all the crops. 3. Harvest Season - The last season. - Egyptians mended the canals to prepare the flood.

  4. Irrigation • Weather of Egypt – hot, dry, and no rain fall. • Canals – Carried water from the Nile River to the farm land. • Catch basins – canals connected into small dykes that is opened when farmer need water. • Shaduf – a bucket & a rope. used to irrigate higher land.

  5. Shaduf Tools for farming

  6. Work Cited • Hughes, George R. “Egypt Ancient.” Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2005 ed. • Lesko, Leonard H. “Ancient Egypt.” World Book. 2004 ed. • “The Life of Ancient Egyptians.” Egypt: Ancient Egypt Farming. 2003. <http://www.touregypt.net/historicalessays/lifeinEgypt11 .htm> (5 Oct. 2005). • Parsons, Marie. “Egyptian Society: The Peasant-Farmer. ” Tour Egypt. 2005. <http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/farm.htm> (5 Oct. 2005). • “Ancient Egyptian Farming. ”AncientEgyptian Farming. <http://www.dragonstrike.com/egypt/farm.htm> (4 Oct. 2005). • “Work and Trade.” Farming in Ancient Egypt. 2005. <http://www. egyptologyonline.com/Work%20&%20Trade.htm> (5 Oct. 2005). • “Agriculture and horticulture in ancient Egypt.” Agriculture in ancient Egypt. 2005. <http://nefertiti.iwebland.com/timelines/topics/ agriculture.htm> (6 Oct. 2005).

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