pastoralist

Examples of pastoralist in the following topics:

• Rock Art in the Sahara

  • It harbors one of the richest concentrations of prehistoric rock art in the entire Sahara, mainly of the Neolithic cattle pastoralist cultures, but also a number of older paintings from hunter-gatherer societies.
  • One petroglyph in Mauritania depicts pastoralists on horseback as they tend their livestock.
  • Neolithic cave painting of either hunters or pastoralists during the Neolithic Subpluvial period.

• 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.

• The Mesopotamian Cultures

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

• 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.

• Architecture of Great Zimbabwe

  • Most were cattle pastoralists, but the discovery of gold and new mining techniques contributed to a rise in trade with caravan merchants to the north.

• The Romans

  • According to archaeological remains, the Latins were primarily farmers and pastoralists.