Egyptians had tools such as winnowing scoops, hoes, rakes, flint-bladed sickles plows, scoops, and mattocks. The Egyptian plow had a small blade that didn't cut very deeply, but that was okay because the soil was fertile during the farming season. The Egyptians grew different types of melons, wheat,and barley. They used the wheat to make bread, porridge, and used the barley to make beer. The Egyptian farmers had animals at their farms which pulled the plow, ate unwanted grain or wheat and provided you with food and drinks. There was also a machine called a Shaduf
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Fig trees, wheat, barley (for making beer), emner (a type of wheat), flax (for making linen), date palms, olive trees, vines (for wine) and vegetables such as onions, garlic, beans, marrows, cucumbers and lettuce.
They used ploughs with wooden ploughshares usually pulled by a team of oxen, sometimes it was hauled by slaves.
yes. they can grow crops twice a year thanks to the hot climate
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It increased the amount of crops a farmer could plant.
The ancient egyptain working class was made up of farmers, merchants, and other laborers. The farmers played a large role in society and played a key role in the Bible as well. Even though the country of Egypt is assosiated with being hot and a desert the area of near the Nile river was quite fertile. Farmers often had planted crops near this area. They grew grain, cotton, grapes. Dates were popular and were grown as well. However dates often gave the egyptains tooth decay (found on their teeth when examied). They made bread and also raised animals. they stored their grain in warehouses as well as traded it with other countries.
One plant includes papyrus reeds. They were used to make papyrus.