In what social class did farmers belong?

Answer 1

The lowest but largest groups in Egyptian society was made up of farmers and unskilled workers. Even though there were divisions in Egyptian class structures, ambitious people in the lower classes were able to improve their social position.

Answer 2

In general, farmers were not in the middle class. We have to be careful on this because during the middle ages and later, there were farmers referred to as wealthy farmers. These were people who did not own land, but rented quite a lot of it and had peasants on the land they rented working for them. The middle class is the class between landless peasants and nobility, and I think wealthy farmers would fit this description.