Multiple choice

The workers on the pyramids were the _, working after the _ had been harvested.

  1. farmers, crops

  2. artisans, gold

  3. merchants, salt

  4. slaves, crops
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Explanation

Pyramid construction was primarily carried out by Egyptian farmers during the annual flooding of the Nile. Since their fields were underwater and they could not farm, they provided the necessary seasonal labor force for these massive state projects.

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