11 sentences with 'farmers'
Example sentences and phrases with the word farmers and other words derived from it.
• « It appealed to many farmers; it had a fairly supple suspension, ideal for the rutted gravel and muddy dirt roads of the time. »
• « Meanwhile, farmers have always worked incredibly hard for very long hours; in many parts of the ancient world, there were groups of people who remained hunter-gatherers despite their knowledge of agriculture, and it is quite possible that they did so because they saw no particular advantage in adopting agriculture. »
• « There were also many areas that practised both; until the modern era, many farmers also foraged in semi-wilderness areas near their farms. »
• « Life for most Mesopotamians, especially for the vast majority who were common farmers, was not easy. »
• « They had the same policy with war captives, often settling them as farmers among the Egyptians. This ensured rapid acculturation and helped bring foreign talent to Egypt. »
• « The pyramids were built all year round, but work was most intense in September, when the Nile floods were at their peak and farmers were unable to work the fields. »
• « In turn, Mycenaean ruins (and tombs) make it abundantly clear that most Mycenaeans were poor farmers working with primitive tools, dominated by bronze-wielding overlords who demanded work and wealth. »
• « A key development in Athenian politics arose from the fact that prosperous merchants and farmers could afford to buy arms and armour but were excluded from political decision-making. This was a classic case of hoplites becoming increasingly angry with the political domination of the aristocracy. »
• « The main problem was that the aristocrats owned most of the land on which other farmers worked, many of those farmers were increasingly indebted to the aristocrats and, according to Athenian law, anyone who could not pay their debts could be legally enslaved. »
• « Solon's successors were a collection of new tyrants, some of whom took more land from the aristocrats and distributed it to farmers, most of whom sponsored new building projects, but none of whom definitively broke the power of the old families. »
• « Previously, a citizen had to be wealthy enough to volunteer for city government, which meant that almost all farmers and small merchants were cut off from direct political power. »