Farmers

• Peasants.
• Lowest social class.
• Society depended on them.
• Mudbrick houses.
• Called to service during times of flood (June to September).
• Worked the land of the Pharaoh and nobles.
• Given housing, food, and clothes in return.
• Some rented land from nobles.
• Payed portion of their crop in return.
• Life of farmer:
• Mudbrick house.
• Windows built high for privacy and to help heat escape.
• Floors made out of packed dirt.
• Cooked food in small ovens fueled by burning dried cattle dung.
• Men and boys worked in fields irrigating crops with a shaduf, carrying water from a river to a canal.
• Working for the government was an unpaid labor.
• Three seasons:
• Flooding season: June to September - Helped fertilize soil. Helped build pyramids.
• Planting season: October - Sowed field with wheat and barley.
• Harvest season: March - Worked all day cutting down plants and harvesting them.
• Wealthier farmers and those who hold official posts could afford to buy their way out of service.
• Others who served worked on large projects like a temple or pyramid.