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Agriculture actually gives ample time to do something else, even with labor-intensive crops like rice versus wheat. Ancient people probably worked fewer hours t
by potatototoo99 4y ago
Agriculture actually gives ample time to do something else, even with labor-intensive crops like rice versus wheat. Ancient people probably worked fewer hours that we do nowadays.
- distances 4y agoI've also seen the meme of us working more than medieval/ancient people, but it's not a very clear cut comparison. AskHistorians has a good take on the topic again: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mcgog5/how_much_time_did_premodern_agriculture_workers/gtm6p56/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mcgog5/how_m...