Daily Life – Food and Drink
Ravi Dev
- Nile River
- The Nile flooded once a year
- The flooding of the Nile river fertilized the farmers soil for crops
- The farmers would harvest once a year after the flooding of the Nile
- The Nile River must be flooding in a certain area for the farmers soil to be fertilized
- Farming different crops
- Wheat and barley were high in demand for bread and wine
- Egyptians hunted birds mainly but some cows
- To kill four legged animals the Egyptians tied their legs then pushed them down to the ground
- Egyptians had a special way to start a fire with a bow drill and a piece of wood
- Lower class foods vs upper class foods
- Lower class ate a lot of bread
- Upper class had a big range of different foods Such as cakes, stewed figs, beef, mutton, fish
- Lower class ate and drank simple foods
- Both rich and poor ate many dairy products
- How farmers work
- Farmers would harvest crops once a year after the flooding of the Nile
- They would sow there fields in pairs
- Farmers used wooden stickles (metal blades with short wooden handles) to harvest crops
- Donkeys were used to bring wheat to the granary
Citations
(Image).www.metmuseum.org.9/17/15.Web.
(Image).www.greenprophet.com.9/17/15.Web