Agriculture ( Food)

By Archit, Jai, Anshul, Ayush and Diya

Maya (Archit)

Food ,crops and the

method
Agriculture Methods:
Shifting Agriculture (slash and burn) The Mayans would

clear the crops in the area they are growing and burn that
area, leaving only the rich ashes. The soil would be
depleted after 3-4 years so they would have to move.
Raised Bed Farming - The Mayans grew there food in low

swampy areas, they got these fertile farm areas by digging

up mud and then putting it on mats (made of woven reeds)
and then putting those above water level.
Terrace Farming - The Mayans make terraces blocking

floods near the field; silt comes out of the end of the
terrace. The silt is very fertile being good for the crops.

Crops:
They grew maize (a lot), pumpkins, sweet

potatoes, cucumber watermelon, chili

pepper, tomatoes, chute, avocados,
breadfruit, papaya, cotton, tobacco,
vanilla, cacao, and a wide range of wild
fruits.

Meat they ate dogs but later got

introduced to cattle, pigs and sheep when
the Spanish invaded.

Maya (Jai)

Food and crops

The ancient Mayan grew pumpkins, sweet
potatoes, cucumbers, watermelon, chili
peppers, tomatoes, chute, avocados,
breadfruit, papaya, cotton, tobacco.
Ancient Mayans domesticated turkeys,
bees, ducks, and dogs

Mughal

Food ,crops and the

method
Their food was cooked with 100 % of natural spices.
Irrigation canals existed across India and its numerous rivers. The

Persian Wheel or Sakia were used to bring water from the river to high
area for irrigation.
They cattle or ox was used for powering the Sakia. They also had

seed drilling equipment and basic tools such as sickle and the Kodali,
an iron blade and a wooden handle that form an angle.

A village council, called the panchayat, was formed by the peasants

on one locality. But above the village council was the so-called
landlord, the Zamindar. The Zamindar was tasked by the government
to collect taxes from the peasants. The Zamindar could be a former
raja, tax officials that owned lands, or a small time landlord. Another
type of land owner was the jagirdars who owned land called jagirs.
Jagirdars were individuals given land by the Mughal Emperor as a
reward for a loyal service.

A village council, called the panchayat, was formed by

the peasants on one locality. But above the village

council was the so-called landlord, the Zamindar. The
Zamindar was tasked by the government to collect
taxes from the peasants. The Zamindar could be a
former raja, tax officials that owned lands, or a small
time landlord. Another type of land owner was the
jagirdars who owned land called jagirs. Jagirdars were
individuals given land by the Mughal Emperor as a
reward for a loyal service.
Staple crops like rice was mainly for eating.
Cash crops like sugar was mainly for trading.

Mongolia

Food, crops and the

method
Mongolian cuisinerefers to the local
culinary traditions
ofMongoliaandMongolianstyled dishes.
The extreme continental climate has
affected the traditional diet, so
theMongolian cuisineprimarily consists
of dairy products, meat, and animal fats.
Use of vegetables and spices is limited.

Crops

Plante Harves
d area t

Cereal

373,2

474,9

potatos

16,2

242,7

Vegetables

7,1

98,4

Fruits

4,5

1043

Egyptian

Food , crops and the

method
Egyptian cuisine is characterized by dishes such
as Ful Medames, mashed fava beans; Koshari, a
mixture of lentils, rice, pasta, and other
ingredients; 'Molokheyya, chopped and cooked
bush okra with garlic and coriander sauce; and
Fetir Meshaltet.
For the Egyptians living near the banks of the Nile
River, the land was very fertile. The wealthy could
eat beef, lamb, pork, goat, geese and ducks, fish,
vegetables (onion, garlic, beans, leeks, lettuce,
cucumbers), fruits (melons, grapes), breads, and
honey-sweetened cakes, washed down with wine.

Crops And The Farming Season

Egyptians grew some foods such as fig
trees and wheat and barley. There were
two seasons that affected farming:
growing season and harvest season. In
the harvest season you may not have
been able to harvest the wheat you
wanted because your landlord may have
made you cut his first.
Flooding Season
June is the flooding season, during floods
Egyptians would mend tolls or make new
ones. People would go fishing for food or
extra money. Egyptians would go around
in boats because every thing else would
be under water.

Growing Season
In the growing season all the crops were
planted.
Harvest Season
Harvest season is the last season. In this
season Egyptians were repairing their
canals for the next flood.

Egyptian food
Food
Bread
Cheese
Meat
Chicken
Fish
Sandwich
salad

Salt
Candy
Fruit
apple

Bibliography
Site

date

time

http://mylanguages 24.3.16
.org/multimedia/eg
yptian_audio_food.
php

9:24

http://un23.3.14
csam.org/ppta/201
410wuhan/5MN.pdf

5:45

Acknowledgement
We would like to thank miss Madhu and
miss Flona for giving ours an oppurnunity
to work with each other and the miss Preti
to let ours use the ICE time also and let
ours use the lab when we want to use.

THANK YOU