The Nomadic AlternativeCovers the following contemporary nomadic groups: Al Murrah Bedouin (Empty Quarter Arabia), Altai Kazaks (Russia, Mongolia, China), Baluch (Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan), Basseri (Iran), Buryat (Lake Baikal), Central Asian Arab (Afghanistan), Dinka (Sudan), Drokba (Tibet), Jie (Uganda), Kazak (Caspian Sea, Lake Balkash), Lur (Iran), Masai [Maasai] (Kenya, Tanzania), Mongol (Mongolia), Nuer (Sudan), Qashqa'i (Iran), Rwala Bedouin [brideprice, bridewealth] (Jordan, Iraq, Syria), Turkana (Kenya), Turkmen (Iran, Turkmenistan), Zulu (Africa). Also includes information on the following historic nomadic groups: Hsiung-nu (Mongolia, China), Scythian (Russia, Ukraine), Uighur (Mongolia), and Zunghar (Russia, Mongolia, China). |
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Afghanistan agriculture Al Murrah Arabia areas army Basseri Bedouin brideprice brother Cambridge camel raising cash cattle Central Asia Central Asian Arabs Central Eurasia century China Chinese Chinggis Khan clans common confederations cultural cycle dependent desert Dinka drokba dynasties East Africa economic empire farmers frontier grazing herd herders History horses household Hsiung-nu Ibn Khaldun important Iran Iranian Jurchen Kazak Kenya kinship labor land large numbers leaders lineages livestock markets marriage meat migration military milk mobile Mongol Mongolia mountain move neighboring Nguni nomadic pastoralism nomadic pastoralists northern Nuer number of animals pastoral economy pastoral nomads pastoral products pastoral societies patrilineal permanent Plateau political organization population Qashqa'i raiding region relationship role rule Rwala season sedentary segmentary sheep and goats shepherds social southern steppe nomads structure subsistence tent Tibet Tibetan tion trade traditional transport tribal tribes Turkana University Press villages wealth winter women wool yaks yurts Zulu