The term Gypsy derives from Egyptian, reflecting a mistaken assumption of the origins of the people who refer to themselves as the Roma. Ethnic Gypsies are the descendants of diverse groups of people who were assembled in northern India as a military...

Nomadic people, also known as nomads, are communities of people that move from one place to another, rather than settling down in one location. There are an estimated 30-40 million nomads in the world.[1] Many cultures have been traditionally nomadic,...

Advocates of feminist nomadism reject the positive contributions of Western science to human existence and only prefer to dwell on the destructive devices that have been produced by science. In addition, they also characterize their style as not based on established theories but is...

Propped up inside the door of Robyn Davidson's east London studio flat is a narrow leather and wood contraption hung with jingling silver bells - a camel saddle. It doesn't look very comfortable, but that, she says, depends on the camel. And she should...

For years, this stretch of sand and brush has been little more than pasture for nomads' cattle and sheep. It is now a battleground, as Somali troops backed by Ethiopian forces flush out Islamic militants, and the U.S. hunts for al-Qaida. Nomads say herdsmen have...

China is forcing nomadic Tibetan herders to settle in towns to clear land for development, leaving many unable to earn a living, a human rights group said in a report issued Sunday.Herders have been forced to slaughter herds of yaks, sheep and goats and Communist...

Explores the similarities and differneces between nomadic and settled societies. Examines changes in political life, economic life, social life, religious life, and artistic life.