WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Most villagers were farmers. Farmers lived in towns too, along with craftworkers, traders and other workers and their families. What crops did the Egyptian Farmers grow? Egyptians grew crops such as wheat, barley, vegetables, figs, melons, pomegranates and vines.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Agriculture Sector provides livelihoods for 55 percent of the population and directly employs about 30 percent of the labour force. The sector accounts for about 20 percent of total exports and foreign exchange earnings.

Detailed explanation-3: -Farmers in Ancient Egypt were very important because they grew food for their communities. To ensure people were fed, the Pharaoh would buy areas of fertile land and get peasants to grow, maintain and harvest the crops.

Detailed explanation-4: -After the Arab conquest of Egypt, they called the common masses of indigenous peasants fellahin (peasants or farmers) because their ancient work of agriculture and connecting to their lands was different from the Jews who were traders and the Greeks (Rum in Arabic), who were the ruling class.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ancient Egyptians were one of the first societies to practise agriculture on such a large scale. Many of the farming practices that the Egyptians invented are still used today, such as ploughing!