WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Most of the population of ancient Egypt were farmers and their families. Although not enslaved, farmers were tied to the land of a wealthy master. They worked the master’s land, cared for the animals, and sometimes had a small plot of their own to garden.

Detailed explanation-2: -Peasants comprised as much as eighty percent of the Egyptian population. The majority of peasants worked in the fields producing crops, while some worked as servants in the homes of wealthy nobles.

Detailed explanation-3: -Throughout the Dynastic age the population was concentrated in the area around Thebes (modern Luxor: southern Egypt) and in the area around Memphis (today just to the south of modern Cairo).

Detailed explanation-4: -25% of workforce in Egypt are farmers, 85% of them categorized as ‘small farmers’: NACDW official.

Detailed explanation-5: -A fellah (Arabic: fallāḥ; feminine fallāḥa; plural fellaheen or fellahin, , fallāḥīn) is a peasant, usually a farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa.