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The Pharaoh had a ready and available workforce in the form of peasant farmers conscripted during the inundation of the river Nile when work was not possible in the fields. He was able to call upon this pool of labour for months at a time without disrupting the national economy and without having to provide more than basic subsistence. This system of temporary forced labour was called corvée and was little more than slavery. It was supported by a system of harsh punishments designed to deter anyone from deserting.

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