When would this large work force of farmers be available to work on the government projects, like building palaces and tombs?

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

food chain i would say only because there is competition on getting food and survival

the mothers played a major role in confronting the government and ending the war.