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Peasants in ancient Egypt usually ate bread, onions, cucumbers, and fish. To drink they had water or beer. Peasants were not alchoholics, beer was just the only think sanitary to drink.
peas, lentils, leftover grain, and some other foods, meat was a delicacy that they hardly ever ate.
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ViviBecause of religious stigma, many types of seafood were avoided.
Food was normally fresh and simple, but they also made stews, porridges , and soups. They had a good supply of fresh foods, so they weren't heavily salted or flavored like in Rome or Greece.
meats:
-birds (wild or domesticated, and species such as geese, chicken, doves, pigeon, fowl, quail or ducks, either raw, cooked, salted or dried)
-beef
- mutton
-fish (cooked, raw, salted or dried)
-goat
-eggs
-pigs
-antelopes
drinks:
-water
-beer (it was less alcaholic back then)
-wine
dairy products such as milk, clarified butter and cheese
They ate a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, herbs, and spices, such as:
-honey
-figs
-onions
-lettuce
-leeks
-garlic
-barley
-wheat
-berries
-dates
-grapes
-radishes
-pulses
-salt
-fruits
-beans (chickpeas, broad beans, brown beans, lentils)
-melons
-cucumbers
-oils and fats
-pomegranates
-peaches
breads and cakes:
-honey sweetened cakes
-fig sweetened cakes
-leavened breads, often formed into interesting shapes such as moon, round, or in
the shape of a woman
-unleavened breads
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Who discovered the shaduf?
The farmers of ancient Egypt made them.
What did Cleopatra do for Egypt?
That's simple she lowered taxes for the farmers and she raised the economy and rebulid egypt.
What was the largest class in Egypt?
Free workers: farmers, craftsmen, merchants.
What did peasant farmers do?
They farm all day and feed the people of Egypt. They build for the Pharaoh.
The largest social class in Egypt or ancient Rome was made up of what?
The largest social class in ancient Egypt and ancient Rome was farmers due to the rising population. Farmers made up the largest social class in both in Egypt and Ancient Rome and in every society up to the industrial revolution in the 19th century. Peasant farmers were the largest class in all pre-industrial societies.
