5,000 years ago, Egyptians lived on farms and raised livestock (domesticated animals)

They grew wheat, barley, beans, peas, onions, grapes, figs, and watermelons

Everyone ate well, even the poor

Farmers would wait for the flooded river to recede

They plowed the soil and scattered the seeds

They used domesticated animals to trample the scattered seeds into the soil

Farmers would create channels from lakes and the Nile River to transport water to irrigate their crops

Early Egyptian farmers used different tools

They had hoes, rakes, and sickles

They also had the Shaduf (a large bucket scoop attached to a pole to gather water)

Early Egyptians harvested flax to make cloth

They made linen (cloth material made from flax) clothing

Linen kept them cool in hot weather