Daily Life – Food and Drink

Ravi Dev

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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