dromedaries
Arabian desert mounts
Dromedaries is the plural of dromedary, a species of camel with a single hump, native to the Middle East and North Africa.
Distinguished from the two-humped Bactrian camel of Central Asia, dromedaries are adapted to hot desert climates and have been domesticated for thousands of years: Dromedaries carried goods across the Sahara.
Largest hot desert
dunes · heat · drought · nomadic · caravan · Bedouin · waterless · scorching
Middle Eastern nomadic herder
- racingSpeed competition sport
- bride-pricePayment for marriage rights
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- statusOne's relative position
poetry · proverb · heritage · tradition · ceremonial · tribal · dowry · prestige
Traveling group with goods
- load-bearingSustaining structural mass
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- ridingControlling while mounted
- merchantsThose who conduct commerce
baggage · freight · journey · crossing · expedition · migration · nomads · supplies
Sahara
Largest hot desert
oasis · dunes · heat · drought · nomadic · caravan · Bedouin · waterless · scorching · barren
Bedouin
Middle Eastern nomadic herder
- racingSpeed competition sport
- bride-pricePayment for marriage rights
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
status · poetry · proverb · heritage · tradition · ceremonial · tribal · dowry · prestige · Rajasthani
caravan
Traveling group with goods
- load-bearingSustaining structural mass
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- ridingControlling while mounted
merchants · baggage · freight · journey · crossing · expedition · migration · nomads · supplies · travelers
herding
Managing animal groups
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- domesticationAdapting species to captivity
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
milking · meat · hide · wool · Tuareg · Somali · pastoralist · fodder · watering · enclosure
hump
Rounded raised mass
- desert caravanscaravan leader, camel driver, saddlebags, caravan routes, Silk Road
- Sahara ecologyfennec fox, dunes, erg, ergs, reg
- Canary IslandsTenerife, Lanzarote, Santa Cruz, volcanic islands, volcanic landscape
dromedarieshorses
Large domesticated hoofed mammals
water buffalo · hippopotamuses · cattle · aquatic mammals · oxen