A Peasant Village in Upper Egypt” What items are obtained from“ the subsistence practices of the Musha villagers? In summer, the items mainly are cotton, maize, and sorghum and wheat, lentils, chickpeas and bersim. In winter, grape and pomegranate orchards and onions, peppers, watermelons and other vegetables on small patches for home consumption. They also obtain milk, cheese, and butter from water buffalo. What were the tools traditionally used by the Musha villagers in agriculture? What technology has been introduced in the past thirty years? Tractors, which transport fertilizer and bring crops in from the field, chemical fertilizers and pesticides have been introduced in the past thirty years. Cite a few examples that illustrate the role of Mushapeasant farmers as players in a world economy. Their wheat is sold to merchants who sell it in the cities. Cotton is also sold to the government. Their government also remodeled the very landscape on which the farmer works. The state also makes major investments in agriculture through the irrigation system and other infrastructure projects. The state also involve in marketing, and state policies, such as importing wheat from the U.S, affect the prices it is willing to offer the farmer. The state also affects the labor market by controlling migrationoutside the country, which act as a safety valve for surplus rural labor. Explain how the abundance or scarcity of water (the crucial resource) determines changes in subsistence and settlement patterns among the Pintupi of Australia. Provide examples that illustrate your explanation. It is because water is the most important influence on the distance people travel, the places they camp, and the length of time they stay in one place. In the wet season, families can move great distances to search for food with deposit fresh, drinkable water in streambeds. “The Lua’: Swidden Cultivators in Thailand”...