One Technological Development in Egypt During The 19th and 20th Dynasty
19th and 20th dynasties Egypt-technological development.
What was one technological development in egypt during the period of the 19th and 20th dynasties?
The “Shaduf” was one technological development in Egypt. It was created in the 18th Dynasty but was used meticulously during the 19th and 20th dynasties. The Shaduf was a pole with a bucket and a counter weight used to lift water from the river into irrigation ditches. Egypt benefitted greatly because Egypt was a nation that was mainly agricultural in reference to the economy and the land could only produce to crops a year which had to be irrigated manually. So the Shaduf was a neccesary and vital piece of technology used to beneft and assist the farming industry as it eliminated effort and time in regards to obtaining large quantitys of water for their crops.
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(McCorquodale pg. 27,33 and 3)
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