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Beckett Miller

Miss. Nicoll

6th Grade History

October 27, 2017

Ancient Egypt Agriculture

The development in new and improved agricultural techniques created the production of

economic surplus and the beginning of cities and powerful civilizations.

All of the techniques I am including need water as they are an irrigation technique. The

nile's regular flooding let the egyptians predict when to trap the water. As Joshua A. Mark said,

“The yearly inundation of the Nile was essential to Egyptian life, but irrigation canals were

necessary to carry water to outlying farms and villages as well as to maintain even saturation of

crops near the river” . By digging ditches, they were able to catch the water for the crops. The

Shaduf helped bring the water up and out of the holes. This was an early pulley like system. The

water was then poured into irrigation waterways/canals to water the plants. The canals flowed

through fields of plants watering plants automatically. The Egyptians used many helpful

shortcuts to planting which lead to more crops.

The new techniques produced more food than what was needed. This means that the new

techniques “could also support a larger amount of people” (Alessi). This meant that there was

food for more than just the farmer. If people could share food they could become a stronger

community. Some people could work on farming while others grew food. Then, the trader could

work on making more food easier and the farmer could feed the other person. This is called an

economic surplus.

A powerful city has people working on everything, not just farming. Power and
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community can support a greater population easily. Egypt was able to have people working on

statues and still have food. This led to a successful economy. Egypt was a powerful community

because they could use irrigation. All in all, without those techniques egypt would not be as good

as it could be.
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Works Cited

Alessi, Alison. “The nessesity of a surplus to complex societies.” anthropology.msu.edu,

February 23, 2013,

http://anthropology.msu.edu/anp363-ss13/2013/02/27/the-nessesity-of-a-surplus-to-complex-

societies/.

Mark, Joshua J. "Ancient Egyptian Agriculture." Ancient History Encyclopedia, 10 Jan

2017. Ancient History Encyclopedia, https://www.ancient.eu/article/997/ancient-egyptian-

agriculture/.

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