2. • Peasants made up the lowest and largest class in Egypt
9.7
Peasants
3. • Peasants made up the lowest and largest class in Egypt
9.7
• unskilled laborers
Peasants
4. • Peasants made up the lowest and largest class in Egypt
9.7
• unskilled laborers
Peasants
•
Society depended on peasants to produce the food supply through
farming
5. • Peasants made up the lowest and largest class in Egypt
9.7
• unskilled laborers
Peasants
•
Society depended on peasants to produce the food supply through
farming
• Also helped build the pyramids
6. • Peasants made up the lowest and largest class in Egypt
9.7
• unskilled laborers
Peasants
•
Society depended on peasants to produce the food supply through
farming
• Also helped build the pyramids
THE 3 SEASONS OF THE NILE
7. • Peasants made up the lowest and largest class in Egypt
9.7
• unskilled laborers
Peasants
•
Society depended on peasants to produce the food supply through
farming
• Also helped build the pyramids
THE 3 SEASONS OF THE NILE
•
Depended on the three seasons of the Nile River:
8. • Peasants made up the lowest and largest class in Egypt
9.7
• unskilled laborers
Peasants
•
Society depended on peasants to produce the food supply through
farming
• Also helped build the pyramids
THE 3 SEASONS OF THE NILE
•
Depended on the three seasons of the Nile River:
1. Flooding season
9. • Peasants made up the lowest and largest class in Egypt
9.7
• unskilled laborers
Peasants
•
Society depended on peasants to produce the food supply through
farming
• Also helped build the pyramids
THE 3 SEASONS OF THE NILE
•
Depended on the three seasons of the Nile River:
1. Flooding season
The flooding season lasted from June to September and
fertilized the fields, but the farmers worked on building project
while they waited for the water to go down.
10. • Peasants made up the lowest and largest class in Egypt
9.7
• unskilled laborers
Peasants
•
Society depended on peasants to produce the food supply through
farming
• Also helped build the pyramids
THE 3 SEASONS OF THE NILE
•
Depended on the three seasons of the Nile River:
1. Flooding season
The flooding season lasted from June to September and
fertilized the fields, but the farmers worked on building project
while they waited for the water to go down.
2. Planting season
11. • Peasants made up the lowest and largest class in Egypt
9.7
• unskilled laborers
Peasants
•
Society depended on peasants to produce the food supply through
farming
• Also helped build the pyramids
THE 3 SEASONS OF THE NILE
•
Depended on the three seasons of the Nile River:
1. Flooding season
The flooding season lasted from June to September and
fertilized the fields, but the farmers worked on building project
while they waited for the water to go down.
2. Planting season
The planting season begun in October where farmers planted
their seeds of mostly wheat and barley to produce bread and
beer.
12. 2. Planting season
9.7
The planting season begun in October where farmers planted their
seeds of mostly wheat and barley to produce bread and beer.
(Cont.)
13. 2. Planting season
9.7
The planting season begun in October where farmers planted their
seeds of mostly wheat and barley to produce bread and beer.
(Cont.)
3. Harvest season
14. 2. Planting season
9.7
The planting season begun in October where farmers planted their
seeds of mostly wheat and barley to produce bread and beer.
(Cont.)
3. Harvest season
The Harvest season begun in March where men cut down the
plants with Sickles, which were metal blades. Women and
children gathered the grain. The workdays were very long during
this season. (from dawn to dusk)
15. 2. Planting season
9.7
The planting season begun in October where farmers planted their
seeds of mostly wheat and barley to produce bread and beer.
(Cont.)
3. Harvest season
The Harvest season begun in March where men cut down the
plants with Sickles, which were metal blades. Women and
children gathered the grain. The workdays were very long during
this season. (from dawn to dusk)
DAILY LIVES OF PEASANTS
16. 2. Planting season
9.7
The planting season begun in October where farmers planted their
seeds of mostly wheat and barley to produce bread and beer.
(Cont.)
3. Harvest season
The Harvest season begun in March where men cut down the
plants with Sickles, which were metal blades. Women and
children gathered the grain. The workdays were very long during
this season. (from dawn to dusk)
DAILY LIVES OF PEASANTS
•
Peasants had the fewest comforts of any social class:
17. 2. Planting season
9.7
The planting season begun in October where farmers planted their
seeds of mostly wheat and barley to produce bread and beer.
(Cont.)
3. Harvest season
The Harvest season begun in March where men cut down the
plants with Sickles, which were metal blades. Women and
children gathered the grain. The workdays were very long during
this season. (from dawn to dusk)
DAILY LIVES OF PEASANTS
•
Peasants had the fewest comforts of any social class:
• Mud brick houses
18. 2. Planting season
9.7
The planting season begun in October where farmers planted their
seeds of mostly wheat and barley to produce bread and beer.
(Cont.)
3. Harvest season
The Harvest season begun in March where men cut down the
plants with Sickles, which were metal blades. Women and
children gathered the grain. The workdays were very long during
this season. (from dawn to dusk)
DAILY LIVES OF PEASANTS
•
Peasants had the fewest comforts of any social class:
• Mud brick houses
• Furniture consisted of mats
19. 2. Planting season
9.7
The planting season begun in October where farmers planted their
seeds of mostly wheat and barley to produce bread and beer.
(Cont.)
3. Harvest season
The Harvest season begun in March where men cut down the
plants with Sickles, which were metal blades. Women and
children gathered the grain. The workdays were very long during
this season. (from dawn to dusk)
DAILY LIVES OF PEASANTS
•
Peasants had the fewest comforts of any social class:
• Mud brick houses
• Furniture consisted of mats
• Meals consisted of:
20. 2. Planting season
9.7
The planting season begun in October where farmers planted their
seeds of mostly wheat and barley to produce bread and beer.
(Cont.)
3. Harvest season
The Harvest season begun in March where men cut down the
plants with Sickles, which were metal blades. Women and
children gathered the grain. The workdays were very long during
this season. (from dawn to dusk)
DAILY LIVES OF PEASANTS
•
Peasants had the fewest comforts of any social class:
• Mud brick houses
• Furniture consisted of mats
• Meals consisted of:
• Onions
21. 2. Planting season
9.7
The planting season begun in October where farmers planted their
seeds of mostly wheat and barley to produce bread and beer.
(Cont.)
3. Harvest season
The Harvest season begun in March where men cut down the
plants with Sickles, which were metal blades. Women and
children gathered the grain. The workdays were very long during
this season. (from dawn to dusk)
DAILY LIVES OF PEASANTS
•
Peasants had the fewest comforts of any social class:
• Mud brick houses
• Furniture consisted of mats
• Meals consisted of:
• Onions
• Cucumbers
22. 2. Planting season
9.7
The planting season begun in October where farmers planted their
seeds of mostly wheat and barley to produce bread and beer.
(Cont.)
3. Harvest season
The Harvest season begun in March where men cut down the
plants with Sickles, which were metal blades. Women and
children gathered the grain. The workdays were very long during
this season. (from dawn to dusk)
DAILY LIVES OF PEASANTS
•
Peasants had the fewest comforts of any social class:
• Mud brick houses
• Furniture consisted of mats
• Meals consisted of:
• Onions
• Cucumbers
• Fish
23. 2. Planting season
9.7
The planting season begun in October where farmers planted their
seeds of mostly wheat and barley to produce bread and beer.
(Cont.)
3. Harvest season
The Harvest season begun in March where men cut down the
plants with Sickles, which were metal blades. Women and
children gathered the grain. The workdays were very long during
this season. (from dawn to dusk)
DAILY LIVES OF PEASANTS
•
Peasants had the fewest comforts of any social class:
• Mud brick houses
• Furniture consisted of mats
• Meals consisted of:
• Onions
• Cucumbers
• Fish
• Bread…
24. 2. Planting season
9.7
The planting season begun in October where farmers planted their
seeds of mostly wheat and barley to produce bread and beer.
(Cont.)
3. Harvest season
The Harvest season begun in March where men cut down the
plants with Sickles, which were metal blades. Women and
children gathered the grain. The workdays were very long during
this season. (from dawn to dusk)
DAILY LIVES OF PEASANTS
•
Peasants had the fewest comforts of any social class:
• Mud brick houses
• Furniture consisted of mats
• Meals consisted of:
• Onions
• Cucumbers
• Fish
• Bread…
• Peasants rarely ate meat (except fish)
25. DAILY LIVES OF PEASANTS
9.7
(Cont.) • Peasants had the fewest comforts of any social class:
•
•
•
•
Mud brick houses
Furniture consisted of mats
Meals consisted of:
• Onions
• Cucumbers
• Fish
• Bread…
• Peasants rarely ate meat (except fish)
Famine:
26. DAILY LIVES OF PEASANTS
9.7
(Cont.) • Peasants had the fewest comforts of any social class:
•
•
•
Mud brick houses
Furniture consisted of mats
Meals consisted of:
• Onions
• Cucumbers
• Fish
• Bread…
• Peasants rarely ate meat (except fish)
•
Famine:
•
If peasants harvest came up short, homeowners couldn’t pay their
taxes, which warranted a severe beatings to the peasants
