nomadic-pastoralist

(noun)

A lifestyle in which livestock are herded to find fresh grazing pastures in an irregular pattern of movement. 

Related Terms

  • Pax Sinica
  • Tang Dynasty
  • Pax Mongolica

Examples of nomadic-pastoralist in the following topics:

  • The Nomadic Tribes of Arabia

    • The nomadic pastoralist Bedouin tribes inhabited the Arabian Peninsula before the rise of Islam around 700 CE.
    • One of the major cultures that dominated the Arabian Peninsula just before the rise of Islam was that of the nomadic Bedouin people.
    • The Bedouin tribes in pre-Islamic Arabia were nomadic-pastoralists.
    • Pastoralists depend on their small herds of goats, sheep, camels, horses, or other animals for meat, milk, cheese, blood, fur/wool, and other sustenance.
    • The nomads also hunted, served as bodyguards, escorted caravans, and worked as mercenaries.
  • The Silk Road

    • Emperor Wu repelled the invading barbarians (the Xiongnu, or Huns, a nomadic-pastoralist warrior people from the Eurasian steppe) and roughly doubled the size of the empire, claiming lands that included Korea, Manchuria, and even part of Turkistan.
    • By this century, the Chinese had become very active in the silk trade, though until the Hans provided sufficient protection, the Silk Road had not functioned well because of nomad pirates.
  • Samburu

    • The Samburu are semi-nomadic pastoralists who herd mainly cattle but also keep sheep, goats and camels.
  • Buddhist Wall Paintings

    • In the year 480 CE, the Huns—nomadic-pastoralist warriors from the Eurasian steppe—launched an invasion of India, and by the year 500 CE, they had overrun the Gupta Empire.
  • Gupta and Post-Gupta

    • By the middle of the 5th century a new enemy to the empire had appeared, nomadic-pastoralist warriors from the Eurasian steppe.
  • The Indo-Aryan Migration and the Vedic Period

    • Other origin hypotheses include an Indo-Aryan Migration in the period 1800-1500 BCE, and a fusion of the nomadic people known as Kurgans.
    • Wheeler, who was Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1944 to 1948, suggested that a nomadic, Indo-European tribe, called the Aryans, suddenly overwhelmed and conquered the Indus River Valley.
    • According to this theory, these nomadic pastoralists expanded throughout the Pontic-Caspian steppe and into Eastern Europe by early 3000 BCE.
    • The Indo-Aryans in the Early Vedic Period, approximately 1750-1000 BCE, relied heavily on a pastoral, semi-nomadic economy with limited agriculture.
    • After the 12th century BCE, Vedic society transitioned from semi-nomadic to settled agriculture.
  • The Rise of the Han Dynasty

    • Emperor Wu repelled the invading barbarians (the Xiongnu, or Huns, a nomadic-pastoralist warrior people from the Eurasian steppe), and roughly doubled the size of the empire, claiming lands that included Korea, Manchuria, and even part of Turkistan.
  • The Four Social Revolutions

    • The majority of hunter-gatherer societies are nomadic.
    • Given that hunter-gatherers tend to be nomadic, they generally cannot store surplus food.
    • In a pastoralist society, the primary means of subsistence are domesticated animals (livestock).
    • Like hunter-gatherers, pastoralists are often nomadic, moving seasonally in search of fresh pastures and water for their animals.
    • Pastoralist societies still exist.
  • The Mesopotamian Cultures

    • Here, three separate cultures fused—the peasant Ubaidian farmers, the nomadic Semitic-speaking pastoralists (farmers who raise livestock), and fisher folk.
  • Societal Development

    • The majority of hunter-gatherer societies are nomadic.
    • Because hunter-gatherers tend to be nomadic, they generally do not have the possibility to store surplus food.
    • It is often the case that, like hunter-gatherers, pastoralists are nomadic, moving seasonally in search of fresh pastures and water for their animals.
    • Pastoralist societies still exist.
    • Other examples of pastoralists societies still in existence include:
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