Class 6

Iron farming tools, such as sickles and plough tips, made the process more efficient and allowed farmers to exploit tougher soils, try new crops and have more time for other activities.

The iron tools that would have been used for agriculture were sickle and axe. The use of Iron tools in the subcontinent saw an increase around 2500 years ago. These tools include axes for clearing the forests and the iron ploughshare. Iron ploughshare was used to increase agricultural production

Explore the agriculture of the Iron Age, including the farming tools used and the food crops produced.

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Arikamedu A Closer Look:Between 2200 and 1900 years ago, Arikamedu was a coastal settlements where ships unloaded goods from distant lands

Irrigation was also used to increased production other than use of new tools and the system of transplantation. Irrigation works that were built during this time included canals, wells, tanks, and artificial lakes.

People who live in villages are often called “villagers“.

A hamlet life, or village life, or community life is a life where you know every one of the people you live around. I think that when the village becomes so big that you don’t know everyone who lives around, you must stop the growth.

Some geographers specifically define a village as having between 500 and 2,500 inhabitants. In most parts of the world, villages are settlements of people clustered around a central point. A central point is most often a church, marketplace, or public space.

Farmers lived in the village and villagers.