Peasant Life
§The shoulder horse collar
§The wheelbarrow
§Iron tools
§Irrigation networks
§Cropping patterns.
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►Few peasants produced more than what was required for subsistence and taxes.
►With a large enough holding they might sell any surplus and live well.
►Poorer peasants with little or no land labored for landlords in conditions of poverty.
►Technological development eased labor burdens through inventions like: