nomadic people

Those who migrate

Nomadic people are groups who move from place to place rather than settling permanently in one location.

Traditionally, this movement follows seasonal patterns, animal migrations, or available resources: The nomadic people of the Mongolian steppe have herded livestock for thousands of years.

The term appears in anthropology, history, and contemporary discussions of indigenous rights.

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tribes · oral traditions · transience · hunting · deserts · migration · Scythians · trade routes · folklore · shamanism · clan identity · Bedouins · pastoralism · Tuareg · itinerancy · clans · extended family · tribal rituals

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settlement pattern

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People living in metropolises

urban population · permanent residents · homesteaders · suburbanites · townspeople

subsistence strategy

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Those who raise plants

plantation workers · industrial workers · factory laborers · agricultural society · farming community

social-political organization

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Members of a nation

landed gentry · townsfolk · serfs

Family

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