PeasantsPeasantsBy Matt King , Emma Knight, Asha Opal, and Alec Roux By Matt King , Emma Knight, Asha Opal, and Alec Roux

What are the three seasons of Egypt?What are the three seasons of Egypt?

The three seasons of Egypt are the flooding The three seasons of Egypt are the flooding season, the planting season, and the season, the planting season, and the harvesting season. All of the seasons, the harvesting season. All of the seasons, the peasants did different work for each season. peasants did different work for each season. In the next three slides, you will see the In the next three slides, you will see the different work for each season.different work for each season.

The Flooding SeasonThe Flooding Season

• In the flooding season, In the flooding season, the peasants didn’t the peasants didn’t work in their owners work in their owners fields, but they worked fields, but they worked on the pharaohs on the pharaohs monuments and monuments and temples. This season temples. This season started in June.started in June.

The Planting SeasonThe Planting Season

• In the planting season, In the planting season, they did exactly what it they did exactly what it says. They planted their says. They planted their crops in their land owners crops in their land owners fields. In their free time fields. In their free time (they didn’t have a lot of (they didn’t have a lot of it) the men played a game it) the men played a game where they tried to knock where they tried to knock each other off the logs in each other off the logs in the river. This season the river. This season started in October.started in October.

The Harvesting SeasonThe Harvesting Season

• In the harvesting season, In the harvesting season, the peasants harvested all the peasants harvested all of the crops that they grew of the crops that they grew in the planting season. in the planting season. Their main crops were Their main crops were barley and wheat. barley and wheat. Everyone worked from Everyone worked from dawn to dusk. This season dawn to dusk. This season started in March.started in March.

What Role Did Music Play In The Work Of The Peasants?

• When they were working in any season, they sang to make the time go faster. They pretty much just wanted time to go faster.

What Were Possible Punishments Or Rewards What Were Possible Punishments Or Rewards For Peasants During Harvest Season?For Peasants During Harvest Season?

• If they didn’t have If they didn’t have enough crops to pay enough crops to pay their taxes, they could their taxes, they could be brutally beaten. If be brutally beaten. If they had a good they had a good harvest season, their harvest season, their land owners would let land owners would let them take as much left them take as much left over crops as they over crops as they could.could.

What Was The Typical Diet Of What Was The Typical Diet Of The Peasants in Ancient Egypt?The Peasants in Ancient Egypt?

• The typical diet of the The typical diet of the peasants consisted of peasants consisted of onions, cucumbers, onions, cucumbers, fish, homemade bread, fish, homemade bread, and water or beer. In and water or beer. In times of famine they times of famine they boiled down stalks of boiled down stalks of papyrus. papyrus.

What Other Important Information What Other Important Information Should Kids Know About Peasants?Should Kids Know About Peasants?

• The peasants, The peasants, although they were although they were on the bottom of the on the bottom of the social pyramid, they social pyramid, they were probably one of were probably one of the most important the most important classes of all. classes of all.

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