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 * Agriculture and the Economy **


 * Soil Conditions:**

   -    River flows created limited amounts of cultivable soil (McIntosh, 11) -   Agriculture relied heavily on spring and wells, or hill runoff(McIntosh,11) -   Need arable land for grazing cattle(McIntosh,67) -   This put pressure on the amount of farmland available for farming (McIntosh,67) -   Agriculture was based on irrigation maintained by silt-bearing floods ( Hawkes,267)

-   Goats and sheep only needed scrub to graze on (McIntosh, 67) -   Used zebu and water buffalo to plow (Kirkpatrick, 30) -   Fish were caught by hook and line or by net (Hawkes, 268) -   Cattle were the dominant domesticated animal(McIntosh,67) -   Dogs and cats were domesticated(Hawkes, 268) -   Cats would catch vermin from the granaries(Hawkes, 268) -   Wild animals included: tigers, rhinoceros, buffalo, and antelope(Hawkes,30) -   Smaller animals were: squirrels, wolves, and deer ( Hawkes, 30)
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 * Crops:**

-   Main grains were wheat and barley(Hawkes,267) -   Wheat was club wheat or an Indian dwarf form, barley was the six row kind (Hawkes,267) -   Main oil crops were sesame and mustard(Hawkes,267) -   Linseed could have been used for flax or oil (McIntosh, 114) -   Lentils,peas, and chickpeas were cultivated in the winter(McIntosh,113) -   Types of millet included: browntop, little millet, and bristley foxtail(McIntosh, 114)

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