6th Grade Social Studies March 2014 Vol 1 | Page 22

Egyptians were very bright

the shaduf (see figure 2). This tool

when it comes to farming. Yes, they

was made to control the water in the

did not invent it but they created

farming

tools that are still used thousands of

control a stick carrying a bucket to

years later. From plows to shaduf’s,

picking up water in the canal. If the

they really had farming galore. Two

canal starts flooding, the bucket

of

could take some water out to control

the tools used for Egyptian

farming are the plow and the shaduf.
First,
significant

it.

This

canals.

was

One

so

weight

useful

to

to

the

The

plow

was

so

Egyptians especially because of the

in

the

Egyptian

abundant amount of flooding from

agricultural life. The tool

the Nile River. This is

was used to make the soil

why the shaduf was so

fertile. The tool dug a hole

important.
All in all,

through soil so they just had
the

to plant the seeds. The plow

Egyptians

was carried by oxen and saved Figure 2 A shaduf

used farming

time and energy from digging a

tools

that

hole at every spot. These tools were

excel their economy and

made out of wood because people

population. People would die from

could not afford nice materials. As

starvation if these tools were not

stated by Jane Shuter in Farming

made and sped up the production

and Tools “ Farmers had only

of crops. With the shaduf, you could

wooden tools to work with most of

control water supplies from a canal

the ancient Egyptian period.. If the

in case too much water will flood.

plow was too expensive, the hand

The plow was used to prepare the

plow was used. This tool was made

dirt

two sticks and strings (see Figure 1).

tools were so special and useful, the

Second, the tool also very
significant that will be mentioned in

for planting seeds. These two

Egyptians always used them.

Figure 1 The
hand plow was
used by the
Egyptians for
making the soil
prepared for
planting