ANCIENT EGYPTIAN AGRICULTURE

IRRIGATION

• The Nile River is where they got their water
• They would flood their land for a couple months by building dams
• Flooding seasons last from June-September
• The land does not need much water after being flooded

CROPS

• They grew barley, wheat, cereal grains, flax, corn,
• garlic, melons, squash, lettuce, and grapes

PLANTING AND PLOWING

• They would plow the land after it had dried
• The plow was tied to the horns of an ox
• A sower would throw seeds on the ground

ANIMALS

• They would use donkeys, oxen, and horses

HARVESTING AND PLANTING SEASONS

• Planting/growing season- October- February
• Harvesting season- March- May

SOURCES

• http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/agriculture.htm
• http://www.crystalinks.com/egyptagriculture.html
• http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/egypt/farming.htm