Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Being a Farmer in the Shang Dynasty was Difficult

Being a farmer during the Shang Dynasty was difficult. Farmers had to live in poor conditions and came up with ways to improve their farm. The homes that farmers lived in when they were farming were small. The homes were often made of bamboo branches and mud walls. The room normally didn't have furniture and were drafty.Life was hard for a farmer when they had to work very hard all day and go "home" and then  sleep in an unpleasant place.  

Farmers also had to come up with ideas that would improve their farms. They had a lot of hard to do. The improvements the Chang farmers created helped a farmers farm. But were a lot of work to use or make the improvement. The Chang people  domesticated animals to improve farm work. Animals made the farmers life easier because the animals could do work that the farmers had to do before the Shang people domesticated animals. Domesticated animals also improved a farmer's food produced, but were a lot of work for a farmer to raise.  All the animals domesticated; pigs, dogs, sheep, and oxen  either provided food or work for a farm. This helped farmers produce more food and have easier work. Farmers during the Chang dynasty's time also created a complex system of irrigation and flood control. The Shang Dynasty was located near the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers. Floods were common and farmer needed a way to protect their crops. The came up with a way to do this, but the instillation and up keep for their flood control and irrigation systems was a lot of work. This was another difficult thing farmers during the Shang Dynasty had to deal with.


Being a farmer during the Shang Dynasty's time was difficult. There was always work to be done. Farmers had to live in bad conditions and come up with ideas to improve their farms. Everything the farmer did was difficult.  


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