Ancient Egyptian Agriculture - Wikipedia
Ancient Egyptian Agriculture - Wikipedia
Ancient Egyptian Agriculture - Wikipedia
agriculture
Ploughing with a yoke of horned cattle in ancient Egypt. Painting from the burial chamber of Sennedjem, c. 1200 BC
Beginnings of agriculture
To the west of Nile valley, eastern Sahara
was the home of several Neolithic
cultures. During the African humid
period, this was the area with rich
vegetation, and the human population in
the Sahara had increased considerably
by about 8000 years BC. They lived by
hunting and fishing in the local lakes,[3]
and by gathering wild cereals of the
Sahara, that were abundant. The cereals
such as brachiaria, sorghum and
urochloa were an important source of
food.[4]
Basin irrigation
Gardens of Amun from the Temple of Karnak, painting in the tomb of Nakh, the chief gardener, early 14th century B.C.
Crops grown
Food crops
Livestock
Cattle
Chickens
Gods
See also
Land reform in ancient Egypt
Badari culture
Bibliography
Jared Diamond, Guns, germs and steel.
A short history of everybody for the last
13,000 years, 1997.
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