• Kairos
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    447 days ago

    The pyramids being built with slaves is largely incorrect.

    • @[email protected]
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      117 days ago

      Maybe not the “build the pyramid” itself. Just maybe. But all the transportation, accomodations and food for the builders surely came from slaves.

      • @[email protected]
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        97 days ago

        Not necessarily. Most people would have been nominally free, and most economic activity would have come from them.

          • @[email protected]
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            47 days ago

            … yes, labor is generally a pretty key piece of economic activity. There’s extensive archeological evidence about the processes of Ancient Egyptian economics, including discussions of obligation, payment, negotiation, etc.

          • RaivoKulli
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            26 days ago

            No, the workers literally put them into place but the economic activity around them provided the food and drink and whatnot to the labourers.