DESCRIBE NOMADIC SOCIETY AND ITS EFFECTS ON TRADE
By: Maria Guedilla
Nomads and Settled People
-Took part in long-distance trade networks and depended on trade
-Maintained caravan routes
-Agriculture made bigger populations possible around oases
-Didn't produce many goods due to migratory habits
-All-out agriculture and extensive craft production wasn't really possible
-Maintained caravan routes
-Agriculture made bigger populations possible around oases
-Didn't produce many goods due to migratory habits
-All-out agriculture and extensive craft production wasn't really possible
Nomads and Animals
Classes in Nomadic Society
-2 Social Classes: Nobles and Commoners
-Nobles: organized clans, made alliances, and governed very little
-Nobility status could be lost or gained:
-Nobles: organized clans, made alliances, and governed very little
-Nobility status could be lost or gained:
- Lost with bad leadership
- Gained with good conduct or courage during war
Organization/Leadership in Nomadic Society
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-Loose confederations
-Leader of the Confederation: Khan
-Organized in clans
-Clans:
-Striking military power due to prominent cavalry forces
-Great horse back riders
-Accurate arrow shooters
-Leader of the Confederation: Khan
-Organized in clans
-Clans:
- Pretty independent
- Set up around oases or different water sources
-Striking military power due to prominent cavalry forces
-Great horse back riders
-Accurate arrow shooters
Religions
-Shamanistic Religion:
-A lot of conversion to:
-Many Turks later became Muslim
- Religious specialists with special powers
-A lot of conversion to:
- Buddhism
- Nestorian Christianity
- Manichaeism
-Many Turks later became Muslim
College Board Themes:
- Interactions Between Humans and the Environment: Demography, Migration, Patterns of Settlement, Technology
- Creation, Expansion & Interaction of Economic Systems: Agriculture, Pastoralist, Trade & Commerce, Labor Systems, Industrialism, Capitalism, Socialism