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Food Production in Egypt

 

The Egyptian agriculture year

(the months follow the Julian calendar, and do not correspond exactly with the modern Gregorian calendar, compare: calendar)

January	February	March	April	May	June
July	August	September	October	November	December

Before the construction of the dams at Aswan and downriver, in the 19th-20th centuries AD, the fundamental phenomenon in Egyptian agriculture is the Nile flood in late summer. Planting must, therefore, be in the autumn, and only cool-season crops can be used (Harlan 1992: 181). The ancient year began with the summer flood: New Year's day fell in late July rather than January.

Production of		Food production in different periods
Cereal	domestic animals	Fayum Neolithic
fruits and vegetables	fish	Merimde
wine	cattle	Badari
		Naqada
		Pre- and Early Dynastic